No Jaxson Dart? No problem.
...if only.
After getting gobsmacked by the LA Rams last week, the New York Giants battled the elements in their 12-to-7 Week 3 win against the Tennessee Titans. With Big Blue’s franchise quarterback out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, it was officially Jameis Winston’s offense for the foreseeable future.
The last time Winston started for the G-Men, he threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns in an electric overtime loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 12 last year, even catching a 33-yard touchdown on a trick-play pass from Gunner Olszewski. New York didn’t get that version of Famous Jameis on Sunday, but it still found a way to come away eating a W.
The game was about as close to a snooze-fest as you could get, although a win’s a win. The G-Men are sitting at 2-1 through three games for the first time since 2022, which, funny enough, was the last time they made the playoffs. Here are five instant reactions that stuck out from a wet Week 3 win over the Titans.
5 snap judgments from Giants’ rainy Week 3 win over Titans
Cam Skattebo is back
Cam Skattebo suffered a gruesome dislocated ankle injury in Week 8 last year that ended his rookie season. The timing couldn’t have been much worse for the human-sized honey badger, who had gone for at least 90 scrimmage yards in five straight games before the injury and hadn’t quite looked like himself since returning in Week 1.
That finally changed on Sunday.
After a quiet first half, the 24-year-old came alive to help Big Blue get the victory, finishing with 60 rushing yards and 40 receiving yards. It was his first time eclipsing 90 scrimmage yards in 2026, and the closest he’s looked to the version of Skattebo the Giants were getting before last year’s injury.
Jordan Stout is underpaid
Jordan Stout signed a three-year, $12.3 million deal this offseason, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL. Spending that much money on a punter might sound ridiculous until you watch what Stout has done for the Giants over three weeks.
After years of watching shanked punts and poor field position, the 28-year-old All-Pro has finally put an end to New York’s field-switching woes in a big way. On Sunday, Stout punted five times for 265 yards, averaging 53.0 yards per boot while pinning the Titans inside their own 20 twice. His longest went for 74 yards.
Holy leg.
Dominic Zvada is him
It’s felt like centuries since the Giants have had a reliable kicker, especially after cycling through five of them just last season. Fortunately, undrafted rookie Dominic Zvada has come in like a bat out of hell and stabilized a position that was anything but stable in 2025.
The 22-year-old hasn’t missed a kick all season, and that trend continued Sunday with Zvada making all four of his attempts. He didn’t have to smoke anything from particularly deep, with his longest coming from 39 yards, but going perfect in those conditions is exactly what New York needed in a game where points weren’t exactly easy to come by.
It’s only been three weeks, but the Giants might’ve finally found their franchise kicker.
New York's defense can be pretty good
The Giants’ defense was supposed to be the strength of this team, and with Dart no longer around to run the offense, it might be what determines whether New York can keep winning games like this.
Big Blue held Tennessee to seven points on 262 total yards, allowing 4.6 yards per play. The weather clearly shaped how both offenses approached the game, but the Giants still had to take advantage of it, especially since their own offense wouldn’t give them much margin for error.
That’s exactly what they did.
New York didn’t need Winston throwing for 300 yards or the offense chasing points all afternoon because the defense never allowed the game to turn into that. If the Giants are going to hang around without Dart, there will probably be many more Sundays when Dennard Wilson’s group has to carry that kind of weight.
Big Blue should add another QB ASAP
How much does Jameis Winston have left in the tank? From Sunday’s slopfest, it doesn’t look like much. Yes, they played through your casual nor’easter, but his arm strength looks gone. It was meatball sub after meatball sub, routinely underthrowing his receivers, even when they caught his ducks. And after struggling mightily in relief last week, it’s time to look for a contingency plan to the contingency plan.
Famous Jameis finished the game completing 14 passes on 22 attempts for a meager 118 yards.
It’s no surprise it was reported before the game that the Giants were sniffing around the QB trade market, and if anything, Winston’s Week 3 performance only suggested they should do so sooner rather than later. Justin Fields, Gardner Minshew, Mac Jones, and J.J. McCarthy have all been floated out there.
It remains to be seen how the G-Men upgrade the QB room, but one thing is becoming pretty clear: they need to.
As a bonus reaction, Jevón Holland is that dude. The safety hauled in his third interception of the season in as many games, looking like the ball hawk they signed to a three-year, $45 million deal last offseason. Defensive Player of the Year loading.
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