The league has taken notice.
The Jersey tale Tommy DeVito is fashioning has reverberated around the National Football League, as DeVito on Wednesday was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week after directing the Giants to a comeback 24-22 victory over the Packers on “Monday Night Football.”
DeVito won his third consecutive start and did it spectacularly, completing 17 of 21 passes for 158 yards and one touchdown pass to Isaiah Hodgins.
DeVito completed 10 of 11 passes in the second half.
The Giants trailed 22-21 with 1:33 remaining and DeVito went 4 for 4 on a 57-yard drive, highlighted by a 32-yard hookup to Wan’Dale Robinson to set up Randy Bullock’s game-winning field goal.
DeVito in the game became the second undrafted rookie in the common-draft era [since 1967] to complete 80 percent of his passes (minimum 15 attempts) in a game.
DeVito, the pride of Cedar Grove, N.J., also ran 10 times for 71 yards in the game.
He has not thrown an interception in 87 consecutive pass attempts.
He is the first Giants rookie quarterback to win three consecutive starts since Phil Simms won four straight starts in 1979.
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