EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Daniel Jones' favorite target was unavailable Sunday in Seattle, so the Giants quarterback smartly and predictably turned to his favorite longtime partner to propel the passing attack in their 29-20 victory against the Seahawks.

The Giants played for the first time this season without rookie sensation Malik Nabers, who was both in New Jersey and the NFL concussion protocol. As he led the NFL in both targets (52) and receptions (35) entering the game, his absence left a large void in the passing game.

Darius Slayton stepped in to fill it.

Jones threw 11 passes to Slayton, who caught eight of them for 122 yards – he had 122 total yards in the first four games - including a 30-yard touchdown. It was the latest episode in their continuing partnership.

Both players joined the Giants in the 2019 NFL Draft and with a third member of that class, defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, are the longest-tenured Giants players.

In their six seasons together, Slayton has more receptions (181) for more yards (2,595) and more touchdowns (12) than any of the other 52 receivers who have caught at least one pass from Jones. And no one else is particularly close.

Sterling Shepard, who played with Jones and Slayton from 2019-23, is second in all three categories with 143 receptions, 1,432 yards and eight touchdowns on passes from Jones.

Among players currently on the team, Wan'Dale Robinson is first – and sixth overall - with 68 receptions and 529 yards from Jones – 113 catches and 2,066 yards behind Slayton. Isaiah Hodgins is next among current Giants with 42 catches and 454 yards. Hodgins' five touchdown receptions from Jones are second to Slayton's eight (Robinson has three).

Slayton's eight catches were tied for the second-highest total of his career. He also caught eight passes vs Dallas on Oct. 11, 2020. Slayton's career best of 10 receptions was set in his rookie season vs. the Jets on Nov. 10, 2019.

Slayton's 122 yards is the third-highest total of his career and the most he's had since gaining 129 yards vs. the Cowboys on Oct. 11, 2020.

His touchdown catch was the 20^th of his career.

It was Slayton's sixth career 100-yard game and the first in a Giants victory.

Slayton is on the cusp of becoming one of the top 20 receivers in Giants history. His eight catches in Seattle increased his career total to 238. That moved him past David Meggett (231) and Lionel Manuel (232) and into 22^nd place on the franchise's career list. The five players directly ahead of Slayton are Del Shofner (239), Alex Webster (240), Earnest Gray (243), Plaxico Burress (244) and Aaron Thomas (247).

Slayton is 21^st in Giants history with 3,568 yards and needs 114 to pass Burress.

Slayton has caught at least one pass in 22 consecutive games. He last failed to catch a pass in the 2022 season finale in Philadelphia when he played only three snaps.

Slayton is the only receiver in Giants history to lead the team in receiving yards in four of his first five season. Excluding the 2021 season – when he had 26 catches and 339 yards – Slayton has been remarkably consistent. In 2019, '20, '22 and '23, he finished with 46, 50, 48 and 50 catches, and 740, 751, 724 and 770 yards, respectively (averaging 48.5 receptions and 746.2 yards). He current projected 17-game totals are 61 catches and 829 yards.

*Tyrone Tracy's 129 rushing yards was the highest total ever by a Giants back in his first career start; Andre Brown held the previous record with 113 yards at Carolina on Sept. 20, 2012.

*Tracy averaged 7.2 yards on his 18 carries. It was the highest average by a Giants running back with at least 18 attempts since Saquon Barkley averaged 9.1 yards a carry at Tennessee on Sept. 11, 2022, and the highest by a Giants rookie since Eddie Price averaged 8.7 yards on Dec. 3, 1950, vs. the New York Yanks. Tracy's 7.2-yard average was the highest by an NFL rookie since Miami's De'Von Achane averaged 11.3 yards (18 carries for 203 yards) vs. Denver on Sept. 24, 2023.

*Jones completed 23 of 34 passes for 257 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating of 109.6. This was the first time the Giants had a player with a 100+ passer rating, a player with 100+ rushing yards and a player with 100+ receiving yards since Dec. 21, 2014, in St. Louis. In a 37-27 victory against the Rams, Eli Manning had a 148.8 rating, Andre Williams ran for 110 yards, and Odell Beckham, Jr. (148) and Rueben Randle (132) each exceeded 100 receiving yards.

*Jones has three games this season with two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a passer rating of at least 100.0, tying him with Tampa Bay's Baker Mayfield for the most such games in the NFL this season. Jones has accomplished that feat 10 times in his career. Eli Manning did it 38 times, including a career-high six times in 2009.

*The win in Seattle was Jones' third game this season with 2+ touchdown passes and no giveaways (interceptions or fumbles). He had three such games in the first five seasons of his career, including two in 2022.

*Jones threw two touchdown passes in a game for the 16^th time in his career. He has thrown four scoring passes twice and for five touchdowns once. Jones has never finished a game with three touchdown passes.

*The Giants are 17-16-1 in games Jones starts and is not intercepted and 7-23 when he throws an interception.

*The Giant' recorded seven sacks in Seattle and lead the NFL with 22 sacks, two more than the Minnesota Vikings. The 22 sacks are the second-most the Giants have ever had through five games, topped only by their 26 sacks in 1985.

*Dexter Lawrence had a career-high 3.0 sacks in Seattle. With 6.0 sacks this season, he is one of three players tied for second in the NFL, a half-sack behind Detroit's Aidan Hutchinson.

*Lawrence's 6.0 sacks are the most by a Giants player through five games since Jason Pierre-Paul had 6.5 in 2011.

*Lawrence raised his career total to 27.0 sacks, which places him 13^th on the Giants' official career list (since 1982).

*On Sunday, the Giants' time of possession was 37:22 time, while the Seahawks held the ball for 22:38. The plus-14:44 time of possession was the Giants' largest since Nov. 29, 2020, in a victory in Cincinnati. The Giants host the Bengals Sunday night.

*Although he did not play in Seattle, Nabers still leads the NFL with 35 receptions. Garrett Wilson of the Jets is second with 33.

*Robinson is in a four-way tie for third with 32 catches. The Giants are the only team with two players among the top six pass-catchers.

*The 102-yard fumble return by Seattle's Rayshawn Jenkins is the longest touchdown in the NFL this season and the longest in the league since Jason Pinnock's 102-yard interception return score in Miami a year ago today.

*Jenkins scored after Eric Gray fumbled at the end of a Giants' drive in which they ran 16 plays and took 10:01 off the clock. It was the most plays run and time consumed in a Giants possession that did not end with a score since Dec. 6, 2015, when they held the ball for 17 plays and 11:21 against the Jets before Manning was intercepted by Rontez Miles on a fourth down from the 4-yard line.

*The Giants had 34 rushing attempts Sunday (including one kneel-down). This season, NFL teams with at least 30 rushes are 44-10; the Giants are 20-3-1 in such games since the 2020 season.