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Eh Tommy! Jersey Boy DeVito Leads Giants Past Commanders

For at least one day Giants fans got to witness and and enjoy a good, solid performance from a Giants quarterback. Tommy DeVito, who was swung into action after injuries…

Tommy DeVito

LANDOVER, MARYLAND – NOVEMBER 19: Tommy DeVito #15 of the New York Giants runs the ball in the game against the Washington Commanders during the fourth quarter at FedExField on November 19, 2023 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

For at least one day Giants fans got to witness and and enjoy a good, solid performance from a Giants quarterback.

Tommy DeVito, who was swung into action after injuries to Tyrod Taylor and Daniel Jones in recent weeks had the best game of his young career, tossing for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the Giants 31-19 victory over the hapless Washington Commanders.

DeVito looked the part of a starting quarterback as his confidence brimmed as the game progressed.

“Tommy has put the work in — the players have confidence in him,” coach Brian Daboll said.

With the G-men trailing 3-0, DeVito connected on a pair of 24-yard passes, first to Darius Slayton and then to Saquon Barkley. The 24-yarder to Barkley went for the go-ahead touchdown.

Later on in the first half, DeVito hit Slayton for a 40-yard touchdown pass that put the Giants up 14-3. The kid from Jersey had finally arrived.

For a team that has struggled to find offense this season, DeVito seems to be catching on. He has now thrown six touchdown passes this season, which is three times as many scores Daniel Jones threw this season. Heck it has taken DeVito less time to throw six touchdowns than it has Zach Wilson on the other side of town.

Defensively:

On the other side of the ball, Bobby Okereke had 14 tackles, giving him over 100 tackles on the season. Kayvon Thibodeaux had two more sacks, giving a man some in the NY media considered a bust, 10.5 sacks on the season.

NEXT:

The Giants host the New England Patriots next week at Met Life Stadium. Big Blue has a chance to gain some respectability back in the second half of the year with games against the Patriots, Packers, Saints and Rams still to come in the month of December.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.