Giants Week 3 report card: Defense swarmed Deshaun Watson all day

Grading the Giants’ 21-15 win over the Browns on Sunday:Can we split this up into two grades — first and second half? There were touchdowns on three of four possessions in the first half and Daniel Jones (24 of 34, 236 yards, 2 TDs, passer rating of 109.4) was making like a point guard and distributing the rock.Looking for Malik Nabers (8-78, 2 TDs) is always a smart move.

The kid can sky and he alertly knocked a deflected ball down to prevent a turnover.Things really got bottled up after halftime.Another bad fumble by Devin Singletary (16-65).

TEs Theo Johnson (1-13) and Daniel Bellinger (1-17) finally got on the board.LT Andrew Thomas did not let Myles Garrett (one tackle, three QB hits) wreck the game, which is not easy to do.

Line play was a bit leaky in pass protection in the second half.Grade: BThis was a big-boy performance and Deshaun Watson never knew what hit him.There were eight sacks and nine different players had a hand in them.

Dominant Dexter Lawrence had an early sack and then got his second chasing Watson in the second quarter, forcing an intentional grounding penalty.Watson (21 of 37, 196 yards, 2 TDs) heard boos from his home crowd.

First impact play with his new team for Brian Burns on a strip-sack.Browns ground game (69 yards) went nowhere.

CB Deonte Banks on his first snap was beaten by a step by Amari Cooper for a 21-yard TD in a rough outing.Kudos to rookie Elijah Chatman for his first NFL sack.

Azeez Ojulari had a huge fumble recovery midway through the fourth quarter and added one sack and two QB hits.Grade: A Sign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.Please provide a valid email address.

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Bryce Ford-Wheaton had a lunging tack...