Giants’ Darius Slayton finally gets ‘rolling’ after rough st...

Giants’ Darius Slayton finally gets ‘rolling’ after rough start to season in wasted effort

CHICAGO — When things go the wrong way they did for the Giants on Sunday, losing a 10-point fourth-quarter lead to fall to the Bears 24-20 at Soldier Field, all the good things they did in the game are easily erased from the mind. It would be easy to forget about the four receptions for 89 yards Darius Slayton had in the game. But, given Slayton’s 2025 season, it was a significant day for him. His performance came a week removed from dropping a potential touchdown pass in the loss to the 49ers. And after a first nine games of the season that were rather pedestrian, Slayton came alive. He entered the game having caught just 19 passes for 254 yards, which wasn’t nearly enough — particularly after the team lost Malik Nabers early in the season. Slayton was supposed to step into Nabers’ role as the No. 1 receiver, and hadn’t looked that way until Sunday in Chicago. He ignited the offense with an acrobatic, one-handed 31-yard catch on the final play of the first quarter. And then, on the first play of the second quarter, he caught a 38-yard pass. CHECK OUT THE LATEST NFL STANDINGS AND GIANTS STATS Both of those led to the first Giants touchdown to tie the game at 7-7. “I felt like I was rolling,” Slayton told The Post. “Ironically, I was rolling in 30 degrees in the snow. Why I waited for these conditions [for my best game], I don’t know. But I felt like I was having a good day.’’ Asked if he beat himself up for the drop last week, he said, “No, not really, because it has no bearing on today. Yeah, I came out here today and I played a pretty good football game. But this good game I played doesn’t have any bearing on next week. “It was nice to have a good game, but the goal is to win the game. And we didn’t come away with the win.’’

It would be easy to forget about the four receptions for 89 yards Darius Slayton had in the game.

But, given Slayton’s 2025 season, it was a significant day for him.

His performance came a week removed from dropping a potential touchdown pass in the loss to the 49ers.

And after a first nine games of the season that were rather pedestrian, Slayton came alive.

He entered the game having caught just 19 passes for 254 yards, which wasn’t nearly enough — particularly after the team lost Malik Nabers early in the season.

Slayton was supposed to step into Nabers’ role as the No. 1 receiver, and hadn’t looked that way until Sunday in Chicago.

He ignited the offense with an acrobatic, one-handed 31-yard catch on the final play of the first quarter.

And then, on the first play of the second quarter, he caught a 38-yard pass.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST NFL STANDINGS AND GIANTS STATS

Both of those led to the first Giants touchdown to tie the game at 7-7.

“I felt like I was rolling,” Slayton told The Post. “Ironically, I was rolling in 30 degrees in the snow. Why I waited for these conditions [for my best game], I don’t know. But I felt like I was having a good day.’’

Asked if he beat himself up for the drop last week, he said, “No, not really, because it has no bearing on today. Yeah, I came out here today and I played a pretty good football game. But this good game I played doesn’t have any bearing on next week.

“It was nice to have a good game, but the goal is to win the game. And we didn’t come away with the win.’’