Darius Slayton's leaping catch sets up Giants touchdown

DALLAS -- The New York Giants took a 10-7 pb implicit the Dallas Cowboys aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th acknowledgment to an acrobatic leaping drawback by wide receiver Darius Slayton astatine AT&T Stadium.

Quarterback Daniel Jones launched a walk 52.5 yards down the close sideline, per NextGen Stats. Slayton jumped straight implicit cornerback Anthony Brown connected a second-and-4 adjacent midfield for a spectacular 44-yard drawback astatine the Dallas 1-yard line.

Two plays aft Slayton's catch, moving backmost Saquon Barkley rumbled up the mediate for a 1-yard score. It gave the Giants a three-point pb astatine 9:28 of the 2nd quarter.

Slayton's drawback was the Giants' archetypal completion of 40-plus aerial yards this season, per ESPN Stats and Information. Their archetypal specified effort came successful the archetypal 4th erstwhile Jones and Slayton failed to person connected a akin play down the close sideline.