The New York Giants entered Sunday looking to improve to 4-1 as they traveled to face the Washington Commanders. With both the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys coming off Week 5 losses, the Giants had a clear opportunity to gain ground on the rest of the NFC East. A victory would have also given them their first 2-0 start against the division since 2009.
The Giants arrived having dropped their previous four meetings with Washington, a streak they were eager to end.
As has become something of a pattern this season, the game was played in sloppy, wet conditions that complicated matters for both offenses.
The Giants defense struggled to contain the Commanders, particularly in the second half, as Jayden Daniels’ mobility after returning from
injury proved difficult to slow down.
Daniels’ second rushing touchdown of the afternoon early in the fourth quarter pushed Washington back ahead by 14 points. The Giants responded with back-to-back touchdown drives to force overtime.
Both teams stalled repeatedly in the extra period. The Giants reached field goal range on their final possession, only for Cam Skattebo to fumble the ball away. Washington then moved into field goal range on its last drive, but poor clock management left the team without a chance to attempt a kick. The game ended in a dramatic 27-27 tie.
With the result, the Giants fell to 3-1-1 on the season. Here’s how X reacted to the tie.
The Jameis Winston experience
— el Jefé (@JefePil) October 11, 2026
WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED 🤯 pic.twitter.com/tQwT8Vy7zO
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) October 11, 2026
Giants and Washington belong together. Just a couple of idiots fighting over nothing 🤣🤣🤣
— Mr. Chicken (@5on_it) October 11, 2026
Dan Quinn should be fired for that.
— James Kratch (@JamesKratch) October 11, 2026
This game ended in a tie pic.twitter.com/Eb6P6hkXo7
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 11, 2026
what heart attack game that was #BigBlue
— el Jefé (@JefePil) October 11, 2026
What just happened in the @Giants game?!
— Justin Pugh (@JustinPugh) October 11, 2026
All time clock management mess up?
The current state of the NFC East pic.twitter.com/9teYkX62Cl
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) October 11, 2026
The Cam Skattabo exp might be over for me
— Mace (@realmaceblack) October 11, 2026
THE GIANTS & COMMANDERS TIED 😅#BigBlue | #RaiseHail pic.twitter.com/rIHhcsVAdU
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) October 11, 2026
What a cluster fluff of mistakes at the end of the Giants vs Commanders.
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) October 11, 2026
Jayden Daniels just committed the dumbest play in NFL in history and the Giants tie
— Marshall Green (@MarshallGreen_) October 11, 2026
Wow
What a gift! Comedy of errors results in 27 all tie between Washington and the Giants.
— Linda Cohn (@lindacohn) October 11, 2026
That is the craziest ending I've ever witnessed in an NFL game.
— Gridiron Media (@Gridiron_Media) October 11, 2026
Giants keep command of the NFC East through 5 weeks! 👀 pic.twitter.com/fgaISdHW2W
— PFF (@PFF) October 11, 2026
Give us your best GIF from this absurdly wild #BigBlue tie…..
— New York Revival (@NewYorkRevival) October 11, 2026
We’ll start…. pic.twitter.com/0GGCblaHci
“Skattebo says I’ll take the tie and get out of town.”@The_ChrisMyers sums it up. pic.twitter.com/Al69bQjTks
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 11, 2026
Using ONE word, how would you describe that game?
— Alex Wilson (@AlexWilsonESM) October 11, 2026
Mine: Bonkers
The Giants blew that game but Wahsington BLEW it
— el Jefé (@JefePil) October 11, 2026
“That Eagles-Jaguars ending was so dumb hahahaha”
— JM Football (@JomboyMediaFB) October 11, 2026
Giants-Commanders: pic.twitter.com/0hfVlQZyvv
Watch #91 Darius Alexander conveniently, and accidentally stepped on the ball as it’s trying to be set. His best play as a Giant!!! pic.twitter.com/pYfzBXuSUK
— Justin Penik (@JustinPenik) October 11, 2026
If you told me the Giants would be 3-1-1 though 5 games and atop the NFC East, I would take it.
— Gridiron Media (@Gridiron_Media) October 11, 2026
Still in first place 🤷♂️
— Sam Prince (@samtheprince14) October 11, 2026
Giants didn’t win today
— 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲 (@TheBlueZonee) October 11, 2026
But the Giants didn’t lose today..#BigBlue pic.twitter.com/QOUfCo1qEd
The NFC East winning 0 games on a week in which two teams played each other feels like a pretty good encapsulation of the division at the moment
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) October 11, 2026
Did Daniels not know he was out of timeouts? https://t.co/ZsItQL2GwT
— Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) October 11, 2026
So I guess nobody wanted to win this game between the Giants & Commanders 😭
— Uncovered NFL (@UncoveredNFL_) October 11, 2026
How Commanders…HOW!!!! 😳😳
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) October 11, 2026
Thankfully the Commanders are morons.
— Tommy Lugauer (@tommylugauer) October 11, 2026
Giants should have won, but you take the tie and run.
It’s actually pretty fitting that no team in the NFC East won this weekend despite two of the teams playing each other. Just perfect.
— Ty D. Butler (@TyDButler) October 11, 2026
What the heck just happened in Washington?!!! They had the game won and they blundered it away in the last few seconds and are forced to take the tie.
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) October 11, 2026
The NFC East pic.twitter.com/Dhw8BUkMlk
— Jonah Tuls (@JonahTuls) October 11, 2026
Wow. Just Wow! (Commanders)
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) October 11, 2026
FIRE EVERYONE pic.twitter.com/OZp6E9v9Mq
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 11, 2026
What a DISASTEROUS end to this Giants-Washington game. Football unawareness on full display.
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) October 11, 2026
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants fans react with confusion, mockery to Commanders tie
