Giants start 5 rookies; all 6 draft picks play

*Graham Gano scored the Giants’ solely factors on discipline objectives of 23 and 50 yards. The latter was his 24^th three-pointer of fifty or extra yards in 5 seasons with the Giants, extending his franchise file. Joe Danelo is second with 9.

*Dexter Lawrence had the Giants’ solely sack, a seven-yarder of Sam Darnold on the Vikings’ second play.

*Cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, signed final Monday, had two solo tackles and was flagged for a questionable go interference penalty.

*In his Giants debut, Devin Singletary led the Giants with 37 dashing yards on 10 carries. Daniel Jones was second with 15 yards on six makes an attempt.

*Jones accomplished 22 of 42 passes for 186 yards and two interceptions. He was sacked 5 occasions and hit 12 occasions.

*Wan’Dale Robinson had a team-high six receptions, for 44 yards, and his 14-yard run on his solely dashing try was the Giants’ longest of the sport.

*The Vikings capped a 99-yard drive within the second quarter with a three-yard Darnold go to Justin Jefferson. (Together with a false begin penalty, Minnesota gained 104 yards within the sequence.) The Vikings wanted 11 performs to journey the size of the sector, the longest a 44-yard Jefferson reception. It was the primary 99-yard possession by a Giants opponent since Oct. 28, 2002, when the Eagles had one in Philadelphia. That sequence ended with a 40-yard landing run by quarterback Donovan McNabb.

*Linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel scored the sport’s closing factors when he intercepted a Jones go and returned it 10 yards for a landing with 4:22 remaining within the third quarter. Two Giants opponents scored on interception returns in 2023, each in MetLife Stadium: Dallas’ DaRon Bland on a 22-yard runback within the season opener, and Seattle’s Devon Witherspoon with a 97-yard return on Oct. 2.

*The Giants fell to 51-44-5 on opening day, 51-46-3 in dwelling openers, and 17-17 in season-opening dwelling video games, together with 4-11 in MetLife Stadium. They’ve misplaced six consecutive season-opening dwelling video games, final successful on Sept. 12, 2010, vs. Carolina within the first regular-season recreation performed in MetLife Stadium.

*Veterans who made their Giants debut: Singletary, guards Jon Runyan and Greg Van Roten, sort out Jermaine Eluemunor, reserve lineman Aaron Stinnie, tight finish Chris Manhertz, and linebackers Brian Burns and Ty Summers.

*Extensive receiver/return specialist Gunner Olszewski aggravated his groin harm throughout warmups and was unable to play. Eric Grey, who was lined up deep with Tracy, returned one kickoff for 22 yards. Darius Slayton had one punt return for zero yards.

*Linebacker/particular teamer Carter Coughlin left the sport with a pectoral harm.

Cornerback Nick McCloud was eliminated with a knee harm.

*This was the kickoff to the 100^th season of Giants soccer. Corridor of Famer Lawrence Taylor, voted the best participant in Giants historical past, accompanied the Giants’ 5 captains to midfield for the coin toss. The staff captains have been Jones, Andrew Thomas, Okereke, Lawrence and Casey Kreiter.

*The Giants’ inactive gamers have been quarterback Tommy DeVito (third quarterback), cornerback Tre Hawkins, security Anthony Johnson, linebacker Boogie Basham and offensive lineman Jake Kubas.