Dec 11, 2023; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito (15) reacts before the game against the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Tommy DeVito is the NFL’s newest sensation.
The finger-pinching, hand-waving, loud-Italian-family, agent-looking-like-a-made-man quarterback has become “il tesoro” — the darling — of New York Giants fans everywhere. He’s one of them, after all.
The 25-year-old undrafted still lives in his childhood home where he grew up less than 20 miles from MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with his parents, who put out tailgate spreads anyone’s nonna would be jealous of. He gets his laundry done by his mom, who also makes the chicken cutlets he loves so much.
And then on Sundays, or in this case Monday night, he goes out and he simply wins football games.
DeVito had his trademark moment as a Giant in primetime at MetLife Stadium, leading a last-minute drive to set up Randy Bullock’s game-winning field goal to lift Big Blue to a 24-22 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football.
“You enjoy it when it’s an outcome like this, right?” DeVito asked. “I mean, I enjoy being on the field any play, no matter what play it is, so just try to enjoy it.”
DeVito leads clutch drive to Bullock’s winning kick, Giants top Packers 24-22
Completing 17-of-21 passes for 158 yards through the air and a touchdown to go with an additional 71 yards on the ground, DeVito saved some of his best magic for last, completing a 32-yard strike to Wan’Dale Robinson on a drive in which he went 4-for-4 to get the Giants into field goal range after Green Bay scored with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter to take a one-point lead.
“He’s composed, relentless,” Robinson said of his quarterback. “Everything that you want out of your quarterback… Whenever we get out there on the field it’s like he’s a stone-cold killer. I feel like that’s what…
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