Devin Singletary didn’t just beat his old team on Sunday. He finished them.
The veteran running back delivered the knockout blow in overtime, turning a simple Giants possession into a 27-21 road win over the Houston Texans. New York was already close enough for undrafted rookie kicker Dominic Zvada to take over after a Texans three-and-out, but Singletary had a different ending in mind. He took the handoff, made one defender miss, shrugged off another attempt at a tackle, got the edge and raced 30 yards for the walk-off touchdown.
The Giants summed it up with a simple message after the score: “SINGLETARY SEALS IT 🔥”
The scene was even sharper because of where it happened. Singletary spent 2023 in Houston and was an important part of the offense there, piling up 1,091 scrimmage yards. The Texans moved on and brought in Joe Mixon the next offseason, and on this day Singletary made sure that decision lingered a little longer.
New York’s ground game was the real story for much of the afternoon, and it was the first time the Giants had found much traction against a Texans front that had been hard to move all season. Cam Skattebo led the way with 17 carries for 124 yards and a touchdown after a brief stint in the doghouse, giving the Giants a steady lift on the ground. Singletary, though, delivered the final blow as the visitor in a stadium he knows well.
That mattered even more because Singletary’s role had been minimal up to that point. Through 13 carries heading into Week 7, he had only 39 yards, so one burst on Sunday nearly matched his season total in a single snap.
The upset also had a bigger shape to it. It was J.J.
McCarthy’s first start for New York, and plenty of eyes were on how he would handle the Texans’ pass rush with the Giants installed as 10-point underdogs. The answer came through the run game.
Singletary and Skattebo helped stabilize everything and gave New York the kind of balance it needed to steal the game.
Houston entered the day trying to keep its momentum going after an 0-4 start to 2026 and back-to-back wins. A third straight victory would have tightened the AFC South race and closed the gap on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Instead, the Texans ran into Singletary, and he made sure their streak stopped at two.
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