Undrafted rookie Tommy DeVito authored a winning drive in the final minute on Monday, as the New York Giants upset the Green Bay Packers 24-22 for the quarterback’s third victory in four starts — and one that his family was gleefully in the stands for.
— There is no debate. The New York Giants are now Tommy DeVito’s team down the stretch after he added a last-minute, game-winning drive to his résumé in a 24-22 decision over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night at MetLife Stadium.
The undrafted rookie went 4-for-4 for 53 yards as the Giants drove 57 yards in seven plays in the final 1:33 to set up Randy Bullock’s 37-yard field goal as time expired. It only added to the improbable story that is unfolding.
“You enjoy it when it’s an outcome like this, right?” DeVito said. “I mean, I enjoy being on the field any play, no matter what play it is. So just try to enjoy it.”
The Giants (5-8) are now just one game back of five teams for the final NFC wild-card spot, including the Packers (6-7). This after starting a woeful 2-7 before turning to DeVito because of injuries to Daniel Jones and Tyrod Taylor.
New York in this position because DeVito has won three of his four starts, including three straight. He is just the third undrafted rookie quarterback in the common draft era to win three of his first four career starts, according to Elias Sports Bureau. He joins Washington’s Ed Rubbert (1987) and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Devlin Hodges (2019).
DeVito is taking it all in stride, even after a heroic second-half effort on Monday.
“I think as a quarterback you have to stay even keel through it all. You know, because when you are winning like we are right now, everything is high, and when you are losing, everything is low,” DeVito said.
