Notes and Stats: Monday Night Football Recap

*Slayton gained 108 yards on just four receptions, his second 100-yard game of the season (122 yards at Seattle) and seventh of his career.

*Slayton's four catches increased his career total to 249, passing Aaron Thomas (247) for 17th place^Th Place on the Giants' career list. Evan Engram is 16^Th with 262.

*Slayton now has 3,744 career receiving yards. He was ahead of Plaxico Burress (3,681) and Mark Bavaro (3,722) in 19th place^Th place in team history.

*Malik Nabers caught a team-high seven passes for 71 yards. Nabers increased his season total to 46 catches for 498 yards. Nabers is the third player in the Super Bowl era with over 40 receptions in his first six career games. He joins Barkley (40 in 2018) and Puka Nacua of the Rams (50 in 2023).

*Daniel Jones completed 24 of 38 passes for 264 yards, no touchdowns and one interception on the Giants' final possession. He was fired four times.

*Greg Joseph made all four of his field goal attempts from 29, 39, 44 and 48 yards. Pittsburgh's Chris Boswell matched him with field goals of 31, 25, 27 and 27 yards.

*Linebacker Bobby Okereke led the Giants with 14 tackles (seven solo) and had their only advantage when he forced and recovered a fumble by Pittsburgh quarterback Russell Wilson in the fourth quarter.

*The Giants were unable to capitalize as Pittsburgh's TJ Watt forced and recovered a Jones fumble on the fifth play of the ensuing possession. Jones threw his fifth interception of the season on the Giants' final possession. The ball intended for Singletary was picked up by Beanie Bishop.

*Azeez Ojulari sacked Wilson twice. Brian Burns had a 1.0 sack for the fourth straight game. Okereke and Micah McFadden shared the Giants' final sack.

*The Giants' four sacks increased their season total to 35, one more than they had in the entire 2023 season.

*The Giants went 0-3 in primetime games in 2024. There are currently no more night games planned.

*Pittsburgh won its 22nd^nd Home game on Monday evening in a row. The last team to beat them was the Giants on October 14, 1991.

*At halftime the score was tied, 9:9. It was the fourth time this season that the Giants failed to score a touchdown in the first half.

*Pittsburgh's Calvin Austin scored the game's first touchdown on a 73-yard punt return with 4:38 left in the third quarter. It was the first punt return touchdown by a Giants opponent since Detroit's Jamal Agnew reached the end zone with an 88-yard runback on September 18, 2017. The special teams touchdown was the first by a Giants opponent since September 10, 2023, when Dallas' Noah Igbinoghene returned a blocked field goal attempt 58 yards for a score. Juanyeh Thomas blocked Graham Gano's 45-yard attempt.

*The Giants did not intercept a pass for the seventh straight game.

*The Giants have a record of 26-48-1 entering Monday night, including 16-33-1 on the road.

*Christopher Hubbard started at left tackle in his Giants debut. He replaced Josh Ezeudu, who played last week in place of the injured Andrew Thomas, who is out for the season after undergoing foot surgery. Hubbard was signed by the Giants on October 18. He previously played for Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Tennessee. The start was on the 59th^Th of his career and his first attack on the left side.

It was Hubbard's first game action since November 19, 2023 for Tennessee in Jacksonville.

*The Giants' inactive players were cornerbacks Cor'Dale Flott (groin) and Adoree' Jacksom (neck), punter Jamie Gillan (hamstring), linebacker Ty Summers (ankle), defensive lineman Jordon Riley, offensive lineman Jake Kubas and Tommy DeVito (third quarterback).

*Flott has started the last six games. He was replaced by Nick McCloud and rookie Dru Phillips started in the slot. Phillips also played outside.

*Defensive tackle Armon Watts and cornerback Greg Stroman made their Giants debuts. Watts, 6-5 and 307 pounds, had two tackles (a solo tackle and a tackle for loss). Before joining the Giants, he played in 72 regular season games, including 22 starts for Minnesota, Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Stroman, 5-11 and 180 pounds, was called up Monday from the practice squad he joined on Oct. 1. He had two solo tackles in extensive action in place of Deonte Banks, who did not play in the second half. A six-year veteran, Stroman played in 29 games with five starts for Washington (2018-20) and Chicago (2022-23).