Packers – The News Desk

Giants wide receiver Parris Campbell was crushed by being made a healthy scratch on Monday night for the first time in his career. “Yeah, I definitely was shocked,” Campbell told the Daily News on Wednesday. “Shoot, I was more so just hurt, more than anything… hurt that I know what I put into it each and every week. And to be inactive for the first time in my career was definitely hurtful, was definitely shocking. A lot of different emotions [are] going on, for sure.” Campbell said he was at least “grateful” that the Giants’ brass gave him the bad news on Sunday, more than 24 hours before their win over the Packers, rather than letting him find out on gameday. Not that it made him feel any better about the end result. “I was grateful for that, because they respected me enough to tell me e...

Saquon Barkley fumbled the game away, but Tommy DeVito won it back. A fourth-quarter Barkley fumble gave the Green Bay Packers a late go-ahead touchdown Monday night at MetLife Stadium. But DeVito, the undrafted rookie, captained the Giants’ two-minute drill to set up a 37-yard Randy Bullock field goal to beat the Packers, 24-22. A 32-yard pass to Wan’Dale Robinson got the Giants into field goal range. Robinson led the team with six catches for 79 yards. Barkley had two touchdown runs. The Giants defense and special teams forced three turnovers. And DeVito had 158 passing yards, 71 rushing yards and a touchdown pass. The Giants (5-8) have won three straight with DeVito at quarterback. This was a big one with Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll taking the risk of naming DeVito the starter over a h...

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Giants WR Parris Campbell ‘shocked’ and ‘hurt’ by 1st healthy scratch

Tommy DeVito leads Giants to last-second win over Packers