The Giants are slipping with a record 10-game losing streak and no longer have control of the top pick in the NFL Draft

Giants coach Brian Daboll, who has lost two straight losing seasons in his first year after a playoff berth in 2022, said he was glad the team got a chance to celebrate after eight straight losses at MetLife Stadium.

“These guys put a lot into it. They come out, they grind every day. They have a good attitude,” Daboll said. “It’s never easy when you lose. But I’m proud of the character and everyone in the building and, above all, I’m happy for them.”

Lock, who threw two pick-6s in the loss to Atlanta a week ago, threw touchdown passes of 31 and 59 yards to Malik Nabers to TD passes of 32 yards to Darius Slayton and 5 yards to Wan’Dale Robinson to lead the Giants (3-13) to their first win since defeating Seattle on October 6th.

“I’ve won a lot in my life,” Slayton said. “I wouldn’t say I’ll ever forget the feeling of winning, but of course it’s nice to get that feeling again today.”

Ihmir Smith-Marsette had a 100-yard return in the second half on a day when the league’s worst offense set a season high for points.

Jonathan Taylor scored on runs of 3 and 26 yards for Indianapolis (7-9), and Joe Flacco, coming in for the injured Anthony Richardson, threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Alec Pierce and 7 yards to Michael Pittman The last brought the Colts within 35-33 with 6:38 left in the fourth quarter.

Lock, who finished 17 of 23 for 309 yards, clinched the game by leading a nine-play, 70-yard drive that he capped with a 5-yard run.

“That’s high praise for him,” said Nabers, who now has 104 catches for 1,140 yards and six touchdowns. “He looked at the film, found a few things he could get better at and he did that all week and it showed how good he can be.”

The 45 points were the most for New York since 49 in a 52-49 loss to the Saints in 2015. It is the Giants’ most points in a win since a 45-14 loss to Washington in 2014 and the most at home since a 52-52 loss to the Saints. 27 win against the Saints in 2012.

Nabers, the No. 6 pick in the draft, finished with seven catches and a career-high 171 yards.

“That’s why we drafted him where we drafted him,” Daboll said. “I’ve been asked about it since training camp and I think the answer was, ‘He’s a pretty good football player.'”

Flacco was 26 of 38 for 330 yards with two interceptions, the second by rookie Dru Phillips shortly after Lock’s TD run. Taylor, who rushed for 218 yards in a win over Tennessee last week, finished the game with 125 yards on 32 carries. Pierce had six catches for 122 yards.

The Colts needed to come into the game and win their last two games and also get help to make the playoffs.

“We had something to play for today, but obviously we didn’t get it done,” Flacco said.

The Colts haven’t made the playoffs since posting an 11-5 record in 2020.

“It’s hard to explain,” said Colts coach Shane Steichen, who led the team to a 9-8 record in his first season in 2023. “We had to play a complete game.” We haven’t done that all year. We have to be on the same wavelength and doing it like that is obviously not good enough.”