AT A GLANCE

The Giants generated explosive plays, tricky or otherwise, and built a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. Once again, they couldn't finish the job and fell to the Lions 34-27 in overtime.

Detroit came back and forced overtime on a 59-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining in regulation. The Giants won the coin toss and elected to defer to start overtime. On the first play from scrimmage, Jahmyr Gibbs broke a 69-yard touchdown run to take the lead. Jameis Winston and the Giants needed a touchdown to respond, but Aidan Hutchinson ended it with the Lions' first sack of the game on fourth-and-five from the Lions 27.

It was the Giants' second overtime game of the season, both of which resulted in losses on the road. The Giants have now lost six consecutive games to fall to 2-10 on the season. The Lions improved to 7-4 with the win.

UP NEXT

The Giants travel to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots, who lead the AFC East with a 10-2 record, on Monday Night Football. The Giants will then go on their Week 14 bye.

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OFFENSE

Jameis Winston started his second consecutive game in place of rookie Jaxson Dart, who remains in the concussion protocol. Russell Wilson once again served as the backup.

Dart, the No. 25 overall draft pick, was a limited non-contact participant in practice this week. He did not practice the week before in the immediate wake of suffering the concussion against the Bears.

"My only concern was just making sure Jaxson's healthy and right," Mike Kafka said heading into his second game as interim head coach. "Again, we have a lot of trust in the doctors. We have a lot of trust in that process, going through the concussion process. I know myself, I've had a couple concussions over the course of my career and you just want to feel comfortable and good. So, I think having that trust and understanding that everyone's just looking out for your best interest is important and we are certainly doing that with Jaxson.

"Wherever he ends up getting to in this concussion protocol, which is, again, this very vague term that, again, as a coach, I'm not a medical professional, so I'm not going to speak on the process, but I trust it. Some of our best people in the medicine world are in it, and they're giving him great opinions and making sure everybody who has to go through this process is in the right shape."

Darius Slayton returned from a hamstring injury and hauled in a 23-yard pass on the first play of the game. Then the Giants got tricky on a 39-yard touchdown to Wan'Dale Robinson for the first points of the afternoon. The play started with a toss to Devin Singletary to the right side, and the running back then threw the ball back to Winston before he launched it into the end zone.

It was another fast start for the Giants, who entered Week 12 tied for third in the NFL with 38 points on their first possession of the game.

Robinson had 106 yards on four catches in the first quarter alone, marking the third 100-yard game of his career. It was the second-most by a Giants player in the first quarter since at least 1991. Plaxico Burress had 107 receiving yards in the first quarter of a home game against the Rams on Oct. 2, 2005. Robinson also took a big hit from safety Brian Branch, who was penalized for unnecessary roughness, which helped set up a field goal and a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Robinson finished with a career-high 156 yards on nine catches.

Last week, wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins led the team in catches and receiving yards three days after signing back with the Giants. A week after that, he caught his first touchdown since Dec. 11, 2023.

The Giants averaged 23.6 yards per reception in the first half, including a 42-yard catch-and-run by running back Tyrone Tracy Jr.

Tracy, a converted wide receiver in college, had a career-high 68 receiving yards in addition to 20 carries for 62 yards.

The Giants opened up a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter with another trick play. Winston handed the ball off to wide receiver Gunner Olszewski on what looked to be a reverse, but the wide receiver stopped and passed back to Winston down the left sideline. The Heisman Trophy winner threw a stiff arm and took it the rest of the way for a 33-yard touchdown and a 27-17 lead with 12:16 remaining in the game.

Winston completed 18 of 36 passes for 366 yards and two touchdowns. He threw an interception on the first play of an ensuing drive after the Lions had cut the deficit to three points in the fourth quarter.

Neither team went for it on fourth down until the Giants kept the offense on the field with 2:59 remaining in regulation while holding a three-point lead inside the Lions 10-yard line. Winston was unable to connect in the end zone with tight end Theo Johnson, who had a 39-yard reception and drew an additional pass interference penalty earlier in the drive.

Entering Week 12, the Giants have gone for it on fourth down 25 times this season, second-most in the NFL. The Lions were tied for third with 23 attempts.

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DEFENSE

Jahmyr Gibbs averaged 14.6 yards per run against the Giants, including the 69-yard touchdown and an additional pair of 49-yarders.

The Giants allowed 10 points in the fourth quarter, bringing their season total to a league-high 133.

The Giants continued to deal with injuries on defense, particularly in the secondary. Safety Tyler Nubin (neck) and cornerbacks Paulson Adebo (knee) and Deonte Banks (hip) did not play. Outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux was also ruled out for his second consecutive game with a shoulder injury.

Rookie defensive lineman Darius Alexander, a third-round pick out of Toledo, recorded the first two solo sacks of his career (he had a half-sack at Philadelphia in Week 8). On the first one, Jared Goff lost eight yards on the play, taking the Lions out of field goal rang and forcing them to punt on their first drive. Through the first 11 weeks, Detroit had scored 45 points on the opening possession, tied with Buffalo for the most in the NFL.

Defensive lineman Rakeem Nuñez-Roches Sr. recorded the Giants' third sack of the game and now has a career-high three sacks this season.

The Giants had seven quarterback hits, five of which came from rookies. Alexander had two, and outside linebacker Abdul Carter notched three. Carter was penalized twice for defensive offsides.

Safety Jevón Holland grabbed the first takeaway of the game – and his first interception as a Giant – on a pass that went off the hands of All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown deep in Giants territory with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter.

Holland was penalized for a delay of game that stopped the clock with 58 seconds remaining in the game. Four plays later, Jake Bates kicked a 59-yard field goal to tie the game 27-27 with 28 seconds left.

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS

Younghoe Koo made both of his field goal attempts from 21 and 44 yards and all three extra points.

Koo, who also handled kickoffs, made a special teams tackle on Kalif Raymond after a 44-yard return late in the second quarter. The long return led to a field goal by the Lions, who cut the deficit to 20-17 as time expired in the first half and received the kickoff to start the third quarter.

Running back Eric Gray played in his first game of the season and had a 15-yard kickoff return after muffing the catch at the goal line. Gray handled the majority of kickoff returns for the Giants last season.

IN-GAME INJURY REPORT

NYG: LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (neck)

DET: WR Kalif Raymond (ankle)

INACTIVES

NYG: OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (shoulder), QB Jaxson Dart (concussion), CB Paulson Adebo (knee), S Tyler Nubin (neck), CB Deonte Banks (hip), OT James Hudson III

DET: CB Terrion Arnold (concussion), RB Craig Reynolds, S Kerby Joseph (knee), CB Nick Whiteside, DT Quinton Jefferson, DT Mekhi Wingo

ROSTER MOVES

NYG: ILB Swayze Bozeman (standard elevation from practice squad), WR Dalen Cambre (standard elevation from practice squad), RB Eric Gray (activated from Physically Unable to Perform list), TE Thomas Fidone II (placed on Reserve/Injured)

DET: CB D.J. Reed (activated from Reserve/Injured), CB Khalil Dorsey (activated from Reserve/Injured), TE Anthony Firkser (standard elevation)m LB Ty Summers (waived), S Erick Hallett II (waived)