A familiar script played out again for the Giants on Sunday. They built a 27-17 fourth-quarter lead in Detroit, piled up points and explosive plays, then still walked off with a 34-27 overtime loss to the Lions. It was their fifth defeat this season after leading by at least 10 points, tying an NFL record and dropping them to 2-10 overall with a 12-game road losing streak.

The bitterness is worse because the offense finally looked alive. As Pat Leonard pointed out, this was the first time the Giants topped 517 total yards since December 22, 2019 , when Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley helped Pat Shurmur’s unit reach 552 yards, per Elias Sports. This time it was Jameis Winston at the controls, directing Mike Kafka’s playbook to chunk gains all over the field.

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