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The Washington Commanders' playoff hopes dipped considerably with their 20-12 loss to the New York Giants.

[Washington Commanders](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/washington-football)? An opportunity to get breathing room on Sunday slipped by the wayside for Washington. San Francisco has already clinched the NFC West, is on a seven-game winning streak and has extra time to rest after beating the Seattle Seahawks 21-13 on Thursday Night Football. The 19-yard touchdown made it a one-possession game in the third quarter. On third and goal, Dexter Lawrence sacked Heinicke, and the Giants recovered the fumble. On the two-point conversion, an offensive pass interference call on Dotson forced Joey Slye to attempt a 43-yard field goal, and he missed.

His 12-tackle (three for loss) game included a strip sack/fumble recovery for a touchdown and a touchdown preventing tackle of Washington quarterback Taylor ...

The Giants surrendered 159 yards rushing on 26 carries, 6.1 yards per rushing attempt. Individually, though, the rookie’s NFL education continued as he had a difficult night against Washington’s Montez Sweat. Darius Slayton — The wide receiver was targeted on Jones’ first two throws, and couldn’t come up with either well-thrown pass. On the Giants’ 97-yard touchdown drive, he had a 10-yard catch on third-and-9 and an 11-yard catch on fourth-and-9. When the Giants needed a ball-control drive to run some clock and put points on the board after Leonard Williams recovered Heinicke’s fumble at the Giants’ 14-yard line, the Giants’ best playmaker delivered. Two Ivy Leaguers, so try to listen to the Ivy Leaguers.” Siam is the Giants’ Director of Football Data & Innovation. Jefferson had two tackles and a pass defensed. There were, of course, some pressures given up but Jones was not under the kind of duress he has often dealt with in recent weeks. Jamie Gillan — The Giants’ punter has been inconsistent all season, but was terrific Sunday night. Daniel Jones went 10 of 12 passing on the drive, converting the previously mentioned completions to James. Most of all, he protected the football.

The Giants will head to Minnesota to take on a potential future playoff opponent in the Vikings. Here is how you can watch and listen.

In 26 meetings during the regular season, the Vikings hold a 16-10 advantage. The Giants play the Vikings on Saturday, Dec. The over/under is 47.5. The game will take place at U.S. [Washington on Sunday night and earn a huge win](https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/nfl/giants/2022/12/18/ny-giants-vs-commanders-score-live-updates-nfc-playoffs/69734302007/). New York improves to 8-5-1 on the season, and now has roughly a 90-percent chance to make it into the postseason, [according several major analytics outlets](https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/nfl/giants/2022/12/19/ny-giants-playoffs-probability-and-clinching-scenario/69735932007/).

The New York Giants defeated the Washington Commanders, 20-12, in Week 15 and the Giants Wire team grades reflect that performance.

Daboll’s in-game management definitely could use some work as he needs to improve on managing the clock and made a fourth-down call that looks great in hindsight but was definitely very questionable at the moment. The rest of the Giants’ defense was also getting pressure on Taylor Heinicke as he was sacked a total of three times and hit eight. This showed the heart of this defense as it hopes to continue its season by a week. The fifth overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft had a night as he recorded 12 tackles and three tackles for a loss to go along with his strip sack touchdown. Daniel Jones was not sacked once in this game compared to four times last game which allowed New York to put together long drives that drained the clock and the Washington defense. Jones also passed for only 160 yards on 32 attempts in this match as he failed to really open up this game through the air.

Maybe it was the fact that the Minnesota Vikings recorded the largest comeback in NFL history--they were down 33 points at halftime in their game last week ...

And Detroit is at Carolina. Washington is at San Francisco. The Giants did what they needed to do on Sunday Night Football. - SEA loss + WAS loss - DET loss + WAS loss OR - DET loss + SEA loss OR

The New York Giants have opened Week 16 as 4-point road underdogs against the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings.

The Giants are currently the sixth seed in the NFC and can only qualify for the postseason as a wild card. The Vikings have clinched the NFC North title and are currently the second seed behind 13-1 Philadelphia in the NFC. Bank Stadium, per the Tipico Sportsbook app.

Referee John Hussey explained the reasoning behind two critical points in the Giants-Commaders Sunday night game.

The pass was broken up by Giants cornerback Darnay Holmes, who appeared to have interfered with Samuel but didn't draw a flag. The penalty was still called and ultimately took a touchdown off of the board for Washington. So, I can’t confirm whether the official even saw that or not, but he was clearly off the line of scrimmage.” McLaurin claimed that he motioned to the side official if his positioning was correct and was confirmed. That’s why the penalty was called because he was not in a legal formation.” Running back Brian Robinson pushed his way in for a 1-yard touchdown, but a flag was called on wide receiver Terry McLaurin, lined up off the line of scrimmage, for an illegal formation.