The New York Giants did not spend Sunday proving a point. They spent it surviving one.
A week after Los Angeles changed the temperature around the roster, East Rutherford offered the opposite kind of test: A wet, cramped afternoon that never opened up and never quite slipped away. The passing game stayed small. The availability list kept shifting. The win still landed. That is the part the scoreboard already settled.
Pro Football Focus has now graded the tape. The numbers will not make the game look prettier than it was, but they will show which Giants still won their snaps when the offense lived on the ground and the afternoon refused to become anything other than close and uncomfortable.
Here's a look at the highest- and lowest-graded Giants
players from their Week 3 win, courtesy of Pro Football Focus.
Top 5 offense
- RB Najee Harris (76.0)
- OL Andrew Thomas (71.2)
- WR Malik Nabers (68.4)
- OL Jermaine Eluemunor (68.1)
- RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (67.3)
Bottom 5 offense
- OL John Michael Schmitz (46.3)
- TE Isaiah Like (47.5)
- FB Patrick Ricard (50.1)
- RB Cam Skattebo (51.1)
- QB Jameis Winston (52.6)
Top 5 defense
- LB Arvell Reese (84.6)
- DT D.J. Reader (80.9)
- S Jevon Holland (79.3)
- CB Dru Phillips (77.8)
- S Jason Pinnock (76.5)
Bottom 5 defense
- S Ar'Darius Washington (49.8)
- DT Shelby Harris (53.4)
- LB Tremaine Edmunds (54.9)
- DL Chauncey Golston (58.1)
- DT C.J. Okoye (58.2)
Top 5 special teams
- LB Zaire Barnes (91.4)
- TE Chris Manhertz (75.9)
- LS Ben Mann (72.9)
- LB Malik Harrison (71.1)
- LB Arvell Reese (69.8)
Bottom 5 special teams
- CB Nic Jones (52.6)
- TE Theo Johnson (57.4)
- WR Malachi Fields (59.5)
- LB Abdul Carter (59.8)
- DT D.J. Reader (60.0)
Other notable player grades
- WR Darnell Mooney (63.3)
- OL Francis Mauigoa (62.8)
- WR Malachi Fields (58.6)
- WR Odell Beckham Jr. (54.1)
- LB Kayvon Thibodeaux (66.4)
- CB Greg Newsome II (66.4)
- LB Abdul Carter (66.3)
- CB Colton Hood (59.1)
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Arvell Reese was New York Giants' highest-graded player in win over Titans
