Singletary scores winner; Skattebo, McCarthy lead Giants to OT win over Texans
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New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo was much more careful with the ball in overtime this time around. After his costly fumble in overtime two weeks ago relegated his team to a tie, the second-year running back out of Arizona State felt the pressure coming from behind on what was a game-deciding 42-yard rumble, and hit the deck to play it safe. On the very next play, Devin Singletary took a draw play 30 yards to the house to clinch a 27-21 Giants victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday at Reliant Stadium, which broke a two-game winless snide. With it, New York (4-2-1) opened up a 2.5-game lead in first place in the NFC East. Following a week in which head coach John Harbaugh pleaded for any of his three running backs to snatch the starting job, Skattebo answered in what was his first real action since that fumble. After being limited to zero touches in last week's loss to the New Orleans Saints, Skattebo went off for 124 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. He bro