Who mentioned the Giants don’t have a quarterback?
Drew Lock delivered the perfect passing recreation by a Giants quarterback because the finish of the 2019 season Sunday to gasoline a shocking offensive outburst from the NFL’s lowest scoring crew in a 45-33 upset victory towards the Colts.
“Virtually good,” receiver Darius Slayton mentioned of Lock’s efficiency. “It’s laborious to play any higher than that.”
In fact, one nice recreation by a journeyman backup heading to free company after the season isn’t going to change the Giants’ plan to draft a brand new franchise quarterback — despite the fact that that path turned just a little stickier as a result of the win to snap a 10-game slide bumped them from holding the No. 1 choose in 2025.
However there was no ignoring the rarity of Lock’s 309-yard, four-touchdown (and a fifth landing on the bottom) efficiency.
He joined Tommy DeVito (as soon as) as the one Giants to throw for 3 or extra touchdowns in a recreation because the begin of the 2020 season, and had the primary five-touchdown recreation by a Giants quarterback since Daniel Jones on Dec. 22, 2019.
“It means quite a bit,” Lock mentioned after finishing 17-of-23 passes. “I knew it was in me.”
Head coach Brian Daboll was admittedly laborious on Lock all week after he threw two interceptions returned for touchdowns final week in a loss to the Falcons.
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The Giants caught with Lock — who they surprisingly handed over to go along with Tommy DeVito as soon as the Jones Period resulted in November — for an additional begin (his fourth within the six video games since Jones was launched) and he delivered.
“That’s how the offense must carry out. That’s how the quarterback must carry out,” Daboll mentioned. “I’m proud of Drew and the way he performed. I’m pleased with him. It wasn’t nice final week. I used to be on him fairly good. However he’s a mentally robust man and had a great week.”
Lock responded effectively to Daboll’s fashion.
“Dabes is fiery,” Lock mentioned. “However on the identical time … I’ve been jumped earlier than. I’ve been yelled at. I’m used to that. You may shell up or you’ll be able to take it like a person. I’ve at all times been the one which type of will get me going. I want just a little little bit of that. He expects quite a bit from me, as I do myself. I can at the least admire that.”
Within the first quarter, Lock accomplished 7-of-8 passes with three touchdowns — one every to receivers Malik Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton.
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He threw one other to Nabers, however clinched the win together with his legs on a five-yard landing scramble on third-and-goal to increase the result in 42-33 with 2:57 to go.
“He was balling,” proper deal with Jermaine Eluemunor mentioned. “He was doing his little [shuffle] factor. That’s a man who has taken the brunt of it. It’s laborious to play quarterback. It’s laborious to play quarterback in New York. For him to go on the market and do his factor was cool to see.”