Giants fall to Commanders, 27-22

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS

The particular groups plotline took one other twist on Friday when an MRI confirmed that kicker Greg Joseph has an indirect harm. He was dominated out and positioned on injured reserve the next day. Graham Gano, who harm his hamstring making an attempt to make a deal with on the opening kickoff of the Giants’ 21-18 street loss to the Commanders on Sept. 15, stays on injured reserve. So, the Giants elevated Jude McAtamney from the observe squad. A local of Derry, Eire, and former Gaelic soccer participant, McAtamney spent the 2021 season at Chowan College in North Carolina and the 2022-23 seasons at Rutgers. In 2023, he set a college document with 40 touchbacks on 60 kickoffs.

In his NFL debut, McAtamney made his lone subject aim try from 31 yards along with an additional level.

Left-footed punter Jamie Gillan, in the meantime, missed his fourth consecutive sport with a hamstring harm on his kicking leg.

WAS: DT Phidarian Mathis (evaluated for concussion)

NYG: WR Darius Slayton (evaluated for concussion), WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette (evaluated for concussion)

WAS: S Darrick Forrest, RB Colson Yankoff, S Dominique Hampton, T Cornelius Lucas (ankle), RB Brian Robinson (hamstring), QB Jeff Driskel (emergency 3^rd QB)

NYG: P Jamie Gillan (left hamstring), CB Tre Hawkins III (ankle), G Jake Kubas (stomach), WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton (Achilles), DL Jordon Riley, QB Tommy DeVito (emergency 3^rd QB)

WAS: RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. (commonplace elevation from observe squad)

NYG: Okay Greg Joseph (positioned on Reserve/Injured), OLB Tomon Fox (free agent signing from NYG observe squad), Okay Jude McAtamney (commonplace elevation from observe squad), T Marcellus Johnson to observe squad