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Putrid, though Singletary’s score came the drive after Tyrone Tracy coughed the ball up inside the Bucs’ five-yard line on New York’s opening possession of the second half. Singletary then operated as the closest thing the Giants had to a lead back until Tracy returned for the final series. Although Tracy has now lost key fumbles in back-to-back contests bookending the Giants’ bye week, it’s difficult to believe a team in evaluation mode will feature Singletary over Tracy against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving.

For the third straight week, Johnson drew a career high six targets. This time it came with a quarterback change following the Giants’ Week 11 bye. The G-Men clearly want to see what the fourth-round rookie can do down the stretch, but it will be hard to do much of anything with Tommy DeVito under center. With all 32 teams active for Week 13, Johnson will struggle to crack the top 20 vs. the Cowboys.

We didn’t have high hopes for the Giants’ No. 3 receiver with Tommy DeVito under center, but it’s safe to say this was the worst-case scenario. In theory, DeVito might look down the field a little more often than Daniel Jones, but he kills so many drives with sacks. Slayton is a fantasy nonentity down the stretch of the 2024 season.

Same as it ever was, even with Tommy DeVito under center. Lacking any ceiling whatsoever, Robinson has been struggling to get his floor out of the Pop Douglas range of late. The Cowboys are a good short-week matchup for Week 13 on Thanksgiving, but with all 32 teams active, you really need to do better in your WR4 spot.

Ojulari is in the midst of one of his best seasons as a pro. Through 11 games, the veteran pass rusher has recorded six sacks and has 28 tackles on the year to go with 10 TFLs. We don’t yet know the severity of his injury, but it’s possible the Giants will be without one of their top pass rushers in Thursday’s game against the Cowboys.

No one on the Giants covered themselves in glory in Tommy DeVito’s 2024 starting debut, but Tracy had one of the roughest afternoons. With the G-Men trailing 23-0, Tracy lost a goal-line fumble on their opening drive of the second half. Disastrous, especially when paired with his giveaway against the Panthers in Week 10. Book-ending a bye week with fumbles is going to be a massive issue for any rookie, though the go-nowhere Giants lack incentive to bench Tracy. That being said, he lost a goal-line look to Devin Singletary the following drive and didn’t see another touch until there were five minutes remaining. We will still fire Tracy up as a Week 13 RB2 against the Cowboys’ awful run defense, but there is growing volatility here.

It was a pathetic day for the Giants’ offense with Tommy DeVito making his 2024 starting debut. He targeted Nabers zero times before halftime, making Nabers’ 6/64 statline something of a miracle. Nabers was, predictably, steamed in the locker room after the fact. Maybe the G-Men will think twice about going with DeVito over Drew Lock. They want to tank, but they also don’t want to waste six games of development for players like Nabers and Theo Johnson. Producing WR3 statlines ever since his concussion, Nabers still belongs in the WR2 mix for Week 13 because of the Giants’ soft Cowboys matchup.

Don’t let the reasonably decent statline fool you, this was an atrocious effort in DeVito’s first start of 2024. He entered halftime a pathetic 3-of-5 for 31 yards, finding Malik Nabers zero times in the process. He only then “kicked into gear” with the Bucs leading 23-0. DeVito was walloped — and we do mean walloped — for “just” four sacks, but it felt like twice that amount. A fourth quarter end zone spearing left DeVito ailing enough to miss a snap. He then returned after a solitary Drew Lock check down. The G-Men were not remotely competitive with DeVito starting in place of Daniel Jones, but competing won’t be the stretch-run point. Even the lowly Cowboys will probably tee off on DeVito on Thanksgiving afternoon in Dallas.

How healthy Nabers really is after tweaking his groin in Friday’s practice is an open question. On the other hand, the tanking Giants aren’t really in position to be pushing anything. If Nabers is going, it’s probably because the injury was a legitimate tweak. We feel fine starting Nabers across the board despite his dicey quarterback situation with Tommy DeVito under center. Inactive for the G-Men are S Anthony Johnson, CB Tre Hawkins, OG Jake Kubas, DL Jordon Riley and QB Tim Boyle.

Nabers was a late addition to the injury report this week before being listed as questionable because of the groin issue. He told reporters on Friday he intends to play. The groin issue has previously popped up for Nabers but has yet to cost him any playing time. That should hold true through Week 12. Nabers is a far less appealing fantasy option with Tommy Devito under center but should still be treated as a volume-based WR2 versus the Bucs.