Read reports from Sunday’s NFL games.
Saints win 20-10 over Eagles
Marshon Lattimore returned an interception from 11 yards for a late touchdown and the New Orleans Saints hurt the Philadelphia Eagles’ chances of finishing No. 1 overall in the National League National Association. football by signing a 20-10 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts missed a second straight game with a right shoulder injury, and the loss puts the Eagles (13-3) in a precarious position. Suddenly, the Dallas Cowboys have a shot at winning the National Conference East title.
The Saints (7-9) earned a third straight win and kept their playoff chances alive. In an astonishing first half, Taysom Hill scored a one-yard touchdown for the Saints.
Quarterback Andy Dalton, who had 204 yards through the air, completed his first 13 passes, including a 58-yard pass by Rashid Shaheed. That play led to one of two first-half field goals by Wil Lutz, which gave the Saints a 13-0 lead after 30 minutes.
Gardner Minshew was the victim of Lattimore’s interception late in the fourth quarter, which sealed a poor performance from Hurts’ substitute.
Minshew completed 18 of 32 passes for 274 yards, with a touchdown and an interception in his second straight start, and he gave no hint he could lead the Eagles to a long playoff run if Hurts had to get hurt again.
Minshew joined AJ Brown for a touchdown on a 78-yard play late in the third quarter. This allowed the Eagles to cut the Saints’ lead to 13-10 and wake up the crowd, which had booed the team profusely for much of the game, to a listless attack.
However, Minshew is no Hurts and he was unable to get a first down on a dive on fourth down late in the fourth quarter, a play that proved just as costly as the late interception he had. been a victim.
Dan Geston, Associated Press
The Giants dominate the Colts
PHOTO JOHN JONES, USA TODAY SPORTS
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8)
Daniel Jones threw two touchdown passes and scored two himself, and the New York Giants crushed the Indianapolis Colts 38-10.
The win puts the Giants (9-6-1) into the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
Landon Collins, one of two players from the current edition who played with the Giants in 2016, put the game out of reach late in the second quarter by making an interception which he returned to the end zone, on a distance of 52 yards.
The Giants became the third NFC East team to earn a playoff berth after the Eagles and Cowboys.
Jones threw six-yard touchdown passes to Richie James and Isaiah Hodgins in the first half. He himself scored majors on 18 and 10 yard runs in the second half.
Jones finished his day with 19 completions on 24 attempts for 177 yards. He added 91 rushing yards on 11 carries.
Tom Canavan, Associated Press