Carr Throws 3 TD Passes As Saints Top Giants 24-6 To Remain Tied Atop NFC South – News18

NEW ORLEANS: Derek Carr handed for 218 yards and three touchdowns, New Orleans sacked Tommy DeVito seven occasions, and the Saints defeated the New York Giants 24-6 on Sunday.

It was one of many extra redemptive performances of the season for Carr, who was booed whereas struggling in current house video games. Not this time as he linked on 23 of 28 passes with no turnover in one in every of his best outings of his first season with New Orleans (7-7).

And he did it with out high receiver Chris Olave, who was scratched due to an ankle harm.

Carr’s scoring passes went for 7 yards to Keith Kirkwood, 24 to Juwan Johnson and 1 to Jimmy Graham, who caught his third scoring go in three video games.

The outcome saved the Saints tied atop the NFC South with Tampa Bay and marked the top of a heady run for DeVito, an undrafted rookie who has change into a sensation in New York by main the Giants on a 3-sport successful streak that briefly pulled them again to the perimeter of the NFC playoff image.

The Giants (5-9) at the moment are assured a shedding file and can enter their remaining three video games with solely a slight probability of sneaking into the postseason because the final NFC wild-card crew.

DeVito was 20 of 34 for 177 yards. He left for New York’s remaining 4 offensive performs of the second quarter after 6-yard scramble on which he took a excessive hit from defensive again Isaac Yiadom.

Tyron Taylor accomplished two passes for 13 yards earlier than punter Jamie Gillan — rather than injured kicker Randy Bullock — made a 40-yard area objective to chop the Saints’ result in 7-6 at halftime.

New Orleans pulled away with Carr’s landing passes within the third and fourth quarter, together with Blake Gruppe’s 50-yard area objective.

Giants tight finish Darren Waller, who missed 5 video games due to a hamstring harm, was activated from injured reserve and was one in every of DeVito’s high targets, catching 4 passes for 40 yards.

But the Giants’ offense largely struggled, ending with 193 complete yards and changing simply two of 16 third downs.

INJURIES

Giants: Bullock harm his hamstring on a kickoff proper after he’d made a 56-yard area objective on the sport’s first possession and didn’t return. That allowed Gillan to make a area objective for the primary time in his profession after lacking his solely different try from 61 yards with Cleveland in 2020. … NT Rakeem Nunez-Roches was attended to on the sphere for an harm within the second half. … S Jason Pinnock was handled on the sphere within the third quarter for an undisclosed harm and returned.

Saints: In addition to being with out Olave (ankle), New Orleans additionally scratched beginning proper sort out Ryan Ramczyk (knee) earlier than kickoff. … Reserve security Lonnie Johnson Jr. was helped off the sphere with an obvious proper leg harm.

UP NEXT

Giants: Visit Philadelphia on Dec. 25.

Saints: At the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night time.

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