<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/ncaa-football/missouri-football-news-zollers-makes-tigers-history-not-seen-since-lock');   ga('set', 'title', 'Missouri football QB Matt Zollers makes Tigers history not seen since Drew Lock');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Eliah-Drinkwitz.jpg"><figcaption>© Matt Bush-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Missouri football QB Matt Zollers makes Tigers history not seen since Drew Lock</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-04T16:49:05-08:00">November 4th, 4:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-04T16:49:05-08:00">November 4th, 4:49pm</time><address><a>Jake Faigus</a>Jake Faigus graduated from the University of Arizona in 2022 and has written for several publications and websites. He has had stops at Catena Media, Playmaker, DraftKings, USA Today, Spike Up, and Spotlight Sports Group. He also writes for Sporting News and works at iHeartMedia in Phoenix when he is not writing for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Football</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2025 Missouri football team has had a solid season. They are 6-2 and have looked impressive in most of their games. The Tigers’ worst news this year was that their starting quarterback, Beau Pribula, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-football/missouri-football-news-beau-pribula-injury-not-season-ending" rel="noopener">got hurt in their last game against Vanderbilt</a>. The Tigers are going with freshman Matthew Zollers at the starting quarterback position after Sam Horn was injured and out for the season.</p><p>Matthew Zollers is entering Missouri history<a href="https://x.com/PeteNakos/status/1985839910809370666" rel="noopener"> by starting on Saturday against Texas A&amp;M</a>. According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Zollers is the first true freshman to start at quarterback for the Missouri Tigers since Drew Lock did in 2015. In 2015, Lock started in the final eight games for Missouri that season.</p><p>For Drinkwitz and his team, making Zollers as comfortable as possible in this offense is a top priority. That means focusing on his strengths and using them to Missouri’s advantage as a play-caller.</p><p>“It’s about playing to what his strengths are,” Drinkwitz said. “Are there things that we’re going to add? Probably not, but are there things that he’s more comfortable with than maybe Beau was, absolutely. So we can push those things in the playbook that maybe haven’t been shown.”</p><p>Getting Zollers ready in practice has been Missouri’s biggest goal over the last two weeks during their bye this week, leading up to Texas A&amp;M. He has shown he can step into that role as a starter, despite all the pressure that comes with that.</p><p>“It’s really about us focusing on helping Matt execute at the highest level possible,” Drinkwitz said. “We’re excited about Matt’s opportunity and what he’s earned. He has done a really good job in practice of leadership, stepping up, embracing the moment, embracing the opportunity.”</p><p>During the spring and fall, Drinkwitz created plenty of buzz surrounding the freshman from Royersford, Pennsylvania, by saying he participated in the quarterback competition in Missouri with Beau Pribula and Sam Horn.</p><p>The four-star recruit has some potential to shock the world on Saturday against Texas A&amp;M because the Aggies are the third-ranked team in the country and have looked dominant at times this season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-football/missouri-football-news-freshman-zollers-throws-clutch-1st-touchdown-vs-vanderbilt" rel="noopener">He stepped up against Vanderbilt</a> and can do it again in this game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Missouri football QB Matt Zollers makes Tigers history not seen since Drew Lock

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-rumors-drew-lock-sam-howell-chatter-emerged-prior-joe-flacco-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals rumors: Drew Lock, Sam Howell ‘chatter’ emerged prior to Joe Flacco trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lock-vs-the-Cardinals.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals rumors: Drew Lock, Sam Howell ‘chatter’ emerged prior to Joe Flacco trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-08T09:39:55-07:00">October 8th, 9:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-08T09:39:55-07:00">October 8th, 9:39am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Tuesday, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/joe-flacco-trade-grades-for-bengals-browns">Cincinnati Bengals made a trade</a> with their divisional rivals, bringing in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-on-track-for-thanksgiving-revenge-game-vs-ravens">quarterback Joe Flacco</a> in exchange for draft compensation. The move comes amid major struggles from backup quarterback Jake Browning, who has taken over for the injured Joe Burrow to the tune of three straight losses.</p><p>On Wednesday, more details emerged about <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46518794/nfl-week-6-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-intel-questions-predictions" rel="noopener">some of the other options</a> that Cincinnati considered before centering on Flacco.</p><p>“I’m told that neither of the Giants veterans — Russell Wilson or Jameis Winston — were ever real possibilities, nor was Atlanta’s Kirk Cousins. There was some chatter about Drew Lock in Seattle, Sam Howell in Philadelphia — guys like that. But teams aren’t eager to trade from their QB depth,” reported Dan Graziano of ESPN.</p><p>Graziano also noted that “When Joe Burrow got hurt, the Bengals truly did believe that <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3886812/jake-browning" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jake Browning</a> would be a capable fill-in and play better than he has over the past four games. They weren’t intending to trade for a quarterback. But after a third straight loss, they spent Sunday and Monday calling around to pretty much any team that had more than two quarterbacks on its roster.”</p><h2><b>Rough times for the Bengals</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Why-ex-player-is-concerned-with-Joe-Burrow.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Sam Greene</figcaption></figure><p>The Cincinnati Bengals came into this year aiming to start off strong after either going 0-2 or 1-1 for several seasons in a row. Funnily enough, they were able to do just that, knocking off the Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars to open up their season.</p><p>However, Burrow was injured in that Cincinnati game and will miss a minimum of three months with a toe injury, which opened the door for Browning to take over, an experiment that has backfired in spectacular fashion so far.</p><p>There is a small amount of hope that if Flacco is able to keep the Bengals above water for the next several weeks, Burrow could perhaps come back at some point and make Cincinnati a dangerous opponent in the playoffs for anyone, but such a scenario feels more like a pipe dream than anything at the current juncture.</p><p>The Bengals will next take the field on Sunday on the road against the Green Bay Packers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals rumors: Drew Lock, Sam Howell ‘chatter’ emerged prior to Joe Flacco trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/giants-news-drew-lock-tom-brady-peyton-manning-territory-historic-colts');   ga('set', 'title', 'Drew Lock nears Tom Brady, Peyton Manning territory in historic game vs. Colts');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Giants-news-Drew-Lock-nears-Tom-Brady-Peyton-Manning-territory-in-historic-game-v-Colts.jpg"></figure><h1>Drew Lock nears Tom Brady, Peyton Manning territory in historic game vs. Colts</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-29T14:58:39-08:00">December 29th, 2:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-29T15:01:09-08:00">December 29th, 3:01pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New York Giants</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For weeks and weeks, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-shedeur-sanders-seems-confident-ny-draft-him-no-1-overall">New York Giants just couldn’t do anything right</a>. Whether it was Daniel Jones, Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito or Tim Boyle under center, the Giants continued to lose and came into Sunday with the worst record in the NFL. On Sunday, Lock and Malik Nabers were ready to do everything they could to get the Giants back in the win column.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-drew-lock-blows-new-yorks-tank-5-td-game-out-of-nowhere">Lock and Nabers both had the best game of their careers</a> in this one to give the Giants a 45-33 win over the Indianapolis Colts to improve to 3-13 on the season. Lock finished this game with an incredible statline: 17-for-23 with 309 yards and four touchdowns. Lock also scrambled for a 5-yard touchdown with just under three minutes left to give the Giants a two-score lead and salt the game away.</p><p>Lock finished this game with an EPA per play of +1.18, which is an absolutely absurd number. By that metric, Lock played the best game of the season by any quarterback in the NFL, not just for the Giants and the <a href="https://x.com/Doug_Analytics/status/1873480442009292901" rel="noopener">sixth best game</a> since 1999, according to Doug Analytics on X, formerly Twitter. For reference, Josh Allen’s EPA per play this season is 0.321, and he is the favorite to win the MVP. Allen and Lamar Jackson are the only players with a season-long mark above 0.3.</p><p>Now, you may be wondering who the five quarterbacks ahead of Lock were, even though none were Giants. Well, the list is pretty impressive:</p><p>Peyton Manning (2007)</p><p>Phillip Rivers (2007)</p><p>Lamar Jackson (2019)</p><p>Peyton manning (2002)</p><p>Tom Brady (2007)</p><p>That’s quite the company for Lock to be in, especially in a game that didn’t mean all that much for the Giants. In fact, some Giants fans may have been hoping for a loss, as Sunday’s win knocks them out of the top spot in the NFL Draft for now. As it stands, The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-brian-daboll-strong-statement-ends-10-game-losing-streak">Giants are down to the third overall pick</a> with one week to play, and will fall to fourth if the Cleveland Browns lose on Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Lock found Nabers all over the field on Sunday, as the star Giants receiver had a career day. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-malik-nabers-tyrone-tracy-pull-off-feat-done-only-2-times-nfl-history">Nabers caught six passes in this one</a> for 168 yards and two touchdowns, finally getting a chance to showcase his explosiveness and ability to turn any short pass into a long touchdown after the catch.</p><p>Lock has had a difficult year for the Giants, as has everyone else in New York, but Sunday was an all-time masterpiece that will live forever as one of the top games by a quarterback in recent history.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Drew Lock nears Tom Brady, Peyton Manning territory in historic game vs. Colts

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/giants-news-drew-lock-blows-new-yorks-tank-5-td-game-out-of-nowhere');   ga('set', 'title', 'Giants QB Drew Lock blows up New York’s tank with 5-TD game out of nowhere');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Giants-news-Drew-Lock-blows-up-New-Yorks-tank-with-5-TD-game-out-of-nowhere.jpg"></figure><h1>Giants QB Drew Lock blows up New York’s tank with 5-TD game out of nowhere</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-29T13:46:35-08:00">December 29th, 1:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-29T13:46:35-08:00">December 29th, 1:46pm</time><address><a>Nayan Brahmbhatt</a>Nayan Brahmbhatt is a recent graduate from Queen's University's Smith School of Business living in Toronto, Ontario. He is passionate about and has been involved in sports since a young age, and continues to reminisce about the (brief) time Kawhi spent in Toronto. Although he can talk shop about the Raptors and Ravens all day, what's really always on his mind is having finished his undergrad without having won a single fantasy or intramural league.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New York Giants</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In one of the most unexpected performances of the season, New York Giants quarterback Drew Lock delivered a career-best game against the Indianapolis Colts, throwing four touchdown passes and <a href="https://x.com/Connor_J_Hughes" rel="noopener">running in a fifth to lead</a> the Giants to a 42-33 victory (per SNYtv’s Connor Hughes). Lock, who has spent much of his NFL career battling inconsistency, looked like a different player on Sunday, finishing 17-of-23 for 309 yards and four scores through the air, capped off by a five-yard rushing touchdown on third-and-goal.</p><p>The win marked the first time the Giants scored 40 points in a game since Week 16 of the 2019 season, during Daniel Jones’ rookie year. Despite the offensive explosion, the victory comes with bittersweet implications for a team in rebuild mode.</p><p>Entering Week 17 with a league-worst 2-13 record, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colts-vs-giants-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfl-week-17-2024" rel="noopener">the underdog Giants</a> appeared to have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft all but locked up. A win, however, has thrown that into jeopardy. With their third victory, New York is now tied with multiple teams at the bottom of the standings. While the exact draft order is not entirely clear at the time of this article’s writing, the Giants are no longer guaranteed the top pick. This could cost them a shot at drafting a generational prospect, particularly if Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is in their sights. And unless the front office chooses to be disillusioned by this slight Drew Lock resurgence, that is in all likelihood what their sights on set on (although this is the New York Giants who drafted Jones with the #6 pick in the 2019 draft and let Saquon Barkely walk last offseason, so who really knows).</p><p>Adding to the chaos, the Colts’ playoff hopes evaporated with the loss. A victory would have given Indianapolis a 22% chance of sneaking into the postseason, but they have now been mathematically eliminated from contention.</p><p>Lock’s breakout performance is a reminder of the tantalizing potential he’s flashed throughout his NFL career. Drafted in the second round by the Denver Broncos in 2019, Lock showed promise early, winning four of his first five starts. However, inconsistency, injuries, and turnover issues derailed his tenure in Denver. He was traded to Seattle as part of the blockbuster deal for Russell Wilson in 2022 but saw little playing time behind Geno Smith.</p><p>Signed by the Giants this offseason as a backup and bridge option, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-new-york-makes-another-qb-change-latest-drew-lock-move" rel="noopener">Lock hadn’t done much</a> to inspire confidence—until Sunday. His performance was nothing short of electric, showcasing poise in the pocket, accuracy on deep throws, and surprising mobility. His connection with wide receivers Jalin Hyatt and Darius Slayton was particularly noteworthy, as both players scored touchdowns and topped 80 yards receiving.</p><p>The Giants’ 42-point outing was a breath of fresh air for a franchise that has struggled offensively for years. Before Sunday, New York hadn’t scored 40 points since a 41-35 overtime win against Washington in December 2019, during Daniel Jones’ first season. That game, like this one, came late in a lost season but offered a glimpse of what could be. Will this time be another false glimmer of hope?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giants QB Drew Lock blows up New York’s tank with 5-TD game out of nowhere

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Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New York Giants</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Giants’ final home game of the 2024 regular season will commence <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-drew-lock-week-17-status-update-shoulder-injury">under the guidance of Drew Lock</a>. Despite dealing with shoulder injury concerns, Brian Daboll <a href="https://x.com/JordanRaanan/status/1871610717050118214" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that Lock would be the team’s starting quarterback in Week 17 against the Indianapolis Colts, per Jordan Raanan.</p><p>Lock has started three of the team’s five games since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-release-daniel-jones-after-turning-to-tommy-devito">cutting ties with Daniel Jones</a>. He missed Week 15 with an arm injury but returned the following game and is set to close out the disastrous 2024 season. Tommy DeVito will likely serve as his backup with Tim Boyle as the emergency third-string.</p><p>In his three starts of 2024, Lock has gone 0-3, contributing to the team’s franchise-worst 10-game losing streak. With the Giants on track to obtain the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, their offseason cannot come quickly enough.</p><p>Lock is coming off his worst game of the season in Week 16. He led the Giants’ offense to score just seven points — tying a season low — while committing three turnovers, two of which were returned for touchdowns.</p><p>After facing the Colts in Week 17, the Giants will end 2024 on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles. Lock would expect to start that game as well, though nothing can be promised, as New York’s quarterbacks have been weekly mainstays on the injury report.</p><h2><b>Giants on track for worst season in franchise history</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Drew-Lock_fe7d67.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As one of the most storied franchises in the NFL, the Giants have a long history that includes both success and failure. However, they have never before gone 2-15, a record they seem destined to end up with by the end of the season.</p><p>Entering Week 17 at 2-13, New York has nothing to play for other than its draft position, which continues to improve with each game. Both the Colts and Eagles have playoff implications in their upcoming matchups, heavily implying the result of the games before they even kick off.</p><p>If the Giants end up with the top overall pick in April 2025, it will mark their first time making the first selection since 1965. However, while they did not have the top pick in 2004, they were able to acquire Eli Manning, whom the San Diego Chargers took first overall, from that draft class in exchange for Philip Rivers.</p><p>Once the draft rolls around, many expect the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/4-way-too-early-targets-giants-2025-nfl-draft">Giants to select either Shedeur Sanders</a> from Colorado or Cam Ward from Miami. Sanders and Ward are viewed as the top two quarterbacks of the class, which most believe has been the team’s biggest need for a handful of years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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