The Giants were finished. Done. No more Tommy DeVito magic.
Right? Right?
DeVito, the Giants’ New Jersey quarterback sensation, buried all those doubts in a matter of seconds Monday night, when he somehow led a shocking, last-second victory that nobody who witnessed it at MetLife Stadium will soon — or maybe ever — forget.
The Giants’ 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers — on Randy Bullock’s 37-yard field goal as time expired — certainly isn’t enough to get Brian Daboll’s team into the playoffs, late in this season that not long ago was circling the drain.
But now, at least, there is hope — thanks to DeVito, who will never have to pay for another chicken cutlet around here again.
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The Giants trailed 22-21 after the Packers scored a touchdown with 1:33 left. Then DeVito led the Giants 57 yards in eight plays and 1:33 for the game-winning field goal. The drive’s biggest play was a 32-yard completion to Wan’Dale Robinson that moved the Giants to the Packers’ 22.
And just like that, the DeVito magic is alive and well in East Rutherford — for a team that has turned 2-8 into 5-8, thanks to a rare three-game winning streak.
“It’s been a lot of fun getting wins, I’ll tell you that,” DeVito said seconds after the victory. “I know how it goes when you’re winning and when you’re losing. I try to stay even-keeled throughout the whole thing and just enjoy it with my teammates.
“I’ve been playing football since I was 5 years old. I’ve been doing it for a long time. I know it’s a bigger stage with a lot more on the line, but at the end of the day, I try to have fun with it. It’s a kid’s game. You might as well enjoy it.”
Monday was the unlikeliest of primetime stages for DeVito, the undrafted rookie third-stringer who rode into this game — his fourth NFL start — on a two-game winning streak. Before last month, almost nobody outside of Don Bosco Prep and Cedar Grove — DeVito’s…
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