NFL Recap | November 12, 2026
Week 10 opened with Washington taking the NFC East tiebreaker at MetLife Stadium. Jayden Daniels threw two fourth-quarter interceptions, one of them at the Giants' goal line, and then got the ball back with 1:46 left and found Stefon Diggs for a 32-yard touchdown with 57 seconds to go in a 24-21 win. J.J. McCarthy's 66-yard touchdown to Isaiah Likely had put New York ahead four minutes earlier, and his last pass was picked off at the Washington 11. Here's how it went down, the card graded, and where the record stands.
Daniels Throws Three Touchdowns, Two Interceptions, and the Winner With 57 Seconds Left
Washington Commanders 24, New York Giants 21
The first quarter was two punts each and a miss: Dominic Zvada pushed a 33-yard field goal wide left at 4:08 after the Giants had driven 43 yards. Washington answered with an 11-play drive that crossed into the second quarter, and Drew Stevens's 46-yarder at 14:07 made it 3-0. New York's next real possession was a 16-play, 72-yard drive that took 7:48 off the clock and ended with Cam Skattebo's 1-yard touchdown run at 2:35, and Washington went 67 yards in nine plays to answer, Jayden Daniels finding Ben Sinnott from the 1 with five seconds left in the half. Washington led 10-7 at the break.
The third quarter was two quick touchdowns and a fumble. Washington opened with a three-play drive that lost 15 yards, and New York needed five plays to go 55, Skattebo scoring from 13 yards at 10:22 for a 14-10 lead. Daniels came back with a 77-yard drive in six plays and hit Antonio Williams for 31 yards and the score at 6:56, 17-14. The Giants drove to the Washington 16, where Frankie Luvu knocked the ball out of Malik Nabers's hands at 4:14 and Jeremy Reaves recovered. New York did not score on that trip, and the three points Zvada missed in the first quarter sat there the rest of the night.
Washington's 10-play drive to open the fourth ended on downs at the New York 31 at 9:04, with Daniels's fourth-down throw to Diggs falling incomplete. Two plays later McCarthy hit Isaiah Likely down the middle for 66 yards and a 21-17 Giants lead at 8:13. Then Daniels threw it away twice: Jevon Holland intercepted him at the goal line at 5:31, a touchback ruling that replay reversed to the Giants' 2, and Ar'Darius Washington picked him off at the Commanders' 46 at 2:19. The Giants went three-and-out both times, and after the second punt Washington had the ball at its own 29 with 1:46 left. A 33-yard pass interference call on Deonte Banks moved it to the New York 38 on the first play, Daniels scrambled for 1 and hit Austin Ekeler for 5, and at 0:57 he found Diggs over the middle for 32 yards and the touchdown. The Giants picked up 21 yards on their last drive before Rasul Douglas intercepted McCarthy's deep ball to Nabers at the Washington 11 with 34 seconds left.
Daniels was 23-of-33 for 249 yards with three touchdowns and the two interceptions, and ran 11 times for 28. Diggs caught six of 10 targets for 83 yards and the winner, Sinnott had four catches for 42, and Williams's two catches went for 42 and a score. McCarthy went 23-of-36 for 293 yards with the touchdown and the interception and ran six times for 34; Likely caught nine of 11 targets for 127 yards, and Skattebo ran 18 times for 78 yards and both of New York's rushing scores. The Giants outgained Washington 399 to 340 and lost: they went 4-of-12 on third down to Washington's 7-of-14, scored on two of four red-zone trips, and were flagged six times for 62 yards, the last one the 33-yarder on Banks. Sonny Styles made 13 tackles for Washington and Arvell Reese 13 for New York. Washington is 3-5-1 and owns the head-to-head tiebreaker after the Week 5 tie; New York is 5-3-1.
THE CARD, GRADED · WAS @ NYG
Side NYG -2.5 (Lean) · closing number NYG -1.5 (the preview printed 2.5) · New York lost by 3, 4.5 points short of the closing number · missed
Total Under 40.5 (Toss-up) · closing number 40.5 · the teams combined for 45, 4.5 points over the number · missed
The side leaned on the Giants' home field, a pass rush that had seven sacks in Philadelphia and a Washington line without its starting center; the market had moved from 1.5 to 2.5 toward New York by Wednesday and drifted back to 1.5 by kickoff. New York held Washington to 105 rushing yards and sacked Daniels once, and he threw for three scores anyway. The under was a toss-up on a total that had dropped three points from the open, and it was alive at 10-7 through a half before 31 second-half points took it over.
Washington Takes the Tiebreaker, and the Giants Give One Away
The Giants fall to 5-3-1 and Washington climbs to 3-5-1 with the head-to-head edge in the NFC East, where the teams tied in Week 5. The night turned on possessions New York did not finish: a 33-yard field goal missed wide left in the first quarter, a fumble at the Washington 16 in the third, two three-and-outs after Daniels's interceptions in the fourth, and an interception at the Washington 11 to end it. Washington threw two interceptions in a six-minute stretch and still won because its last drive needed three plays. Our two leans missed, the side by 4.5 points against the closing number and the under by 4.5 points.
Star of the Night: Jayden Daniels, QB, Washington Commanders
23-of-33 | 249 YDS | 3 TD | 2 INT | 11 CAR | 28 RUSH YDS
Isaiah Likely's nine catches for 127 yards and the 66-yard score, Stefon Diggs's six catches for 83 and the winner, and Cam Skattebo's 78 yards and two touchdowns made their cases. Daniels threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter, got the ball back at his own 29 with 1:46 left and a three-point deficit, and threw the touchdown pass that decided the division tiebreaker four plays later.
Dud of the Night: Dominic Zvada, K, New York Giants
0-of-1 FG | 33-YD MISS, WIDE LEFT | 3-of-3 XP
Malik Nabers's fumble at the Washington 16 with the Giants down three in the third quarter, and Deonte Banks's 33-yard pass interference penalty that started the winning drive, were in the conversation. Zvada's miss from 33 yards in the first quarter was the difference in a game New York lost by 3.
THE RECORD · NFL REGULAR SEASON
Side 67-66-3 · 50% of 133 · Total 70-66-0 · 51% of 136 · through Week 10, Thursday night
This slate: side 0-1, total 0-1 (2 leans).
Every card is graded against the closing number. The full ledger, by tier and by week, is on The Record.
What's next
Week 10 continues Sunday with 12 games. New England and Detroit open the day at 9:30 AM ET on Fox, Buffalo visits the Jets and Minnesota is in Green Bay at 1 PM, San Francisco visits Dallas at 4:25 on Fox, and Pittsburgh is in Cincinnati on Sunday Night Football. The Chargers and Ravens close the week on Monday night. The preview, with the three free cards and the Intel slate, will be up before the early kickoff.
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