The New York Giants let a golden opportunity slip away Thursday night, falling 24-21 to the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium and surrendering sole control of the NFC East.

New York held a 21-17 lead with under one minute remaining after Isaiah Likely turned a short throw from J.J. McCarthy into a 66-yard touchdown. Cam Skattebo had already powered the offense with two rushing scores, including a 13-yard touchdown that put the Giants ahead in the third quarter.

Instead of closing out the division rival, the Giants allowed Jayden Daniels to find Stefon Diggs for a 32-yard touchdown with 57 seconds left. McCarthy’s final deep shot was intercepted, sealing the defeat.

Skattebo finished with 78 rushing yards and both of New York’s ground scores, while Likely caught nine passes for 127 yards. McCarthy completed 23 of 36 attempts for 293 yards and a touchdown before the late interception.

The loss drops the Giants to 5-3-1.

The Kansas City Chiefs needed a bounce-back performance coming off back-to-back losses. Luckily for them, the New York Jets came to town on Sunday.

It was a tightly contested first half as the Chiefs took a 14-12 lead into the locker room. The second half was all Kansas City, as they dominated in all three phases en route to a 35-12 win over the Jets.

Whatever Andy Reid said in the locker room must’ve resonated because the Chiefs looked like a different team in the second half.

Late in the fourth quarter the Chiefs tacked on another touchdown. They had now outscored the Jets 21 – 0 in the second half as they cruised to an easy victory.

The loss brought the Jets’ record to 2-7. A 16th straight season without the playoffs is all but certain. Another November and December talking about next year and the draft looms.

The Jets limp home to take on the first place Buffalo Bills next week.

The New York Giants remain in firm control of the NFC East after taking down the rival Philadelphia Eagles, 19-11, on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.

With the victory, the Giants moved to 5-2-1 this season and ended a 13-game road losing streak against Philadelphia.

It wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for the Giants, who struggled to get much going offensively and lost quarterback J.J. McCarthy for a brief time in the second half because of a hip injury.

Backup Jameis Winston led the Giants on their lone touchdown drive before McCarthy returned to finish 12-of-19 passing for 127 yards.

New York’s defense deserves a lot of credit for Sunday’s win, as it throttled the Eagles offense in quarterback Joe Milton first career start. The Giants sacked Milton seven times and held Philadelphia to just 220 yards of offense. Milton finished 18-of-34 passing for 169 yards. He added 64 yards rushing.

Up next for the Giants is another pivotal division game, as they’ll host the Washington Commanders (2-5-1) on Thursday night. The teams played to a memorable tie when they met in Week 5.