​After several weeks of uncertainty in the Giants’ QB and RB rooms, J.J. McCarthy and Cam Skattebo powered New York to a 27-21 overtime win against the Houston Texans in Week 7.The Giants improve to 4-2-1 with the win.Here are the takeaways…–  Though it took a few plays for the Giants’ defense to warm up, the addition of Paulson Adebo and Tyler Nubin seemed to revitalize the secondary after a few very shorthanded weeks. Thanks to three solo tackles from Micah McFadden, New York held the Texans to a field goal in their opening drive. Ka’imi Fairbairn drove a 58-yard kick through the posts for the lead.The Giants responded quickly, easily grabbing a touchdown behind a fiery start from McCarthy. After opening his first drive as a starter with two tosses toSkattebo, Jamies Winston temporarily replaced McCarthy on the third offensive play of the game for a 3rd-and-short tush push before relinquishing the QB spot to McCarthy once again. He then crept up to 4th and 2 before launching a 42-yard pass toward Malik Nabers, who narrowly avoided Kamari Lassiter for the gain. Tyrone Tracy ran the ball into the end zone from the 2-yard line, and Dominic Zvada delivered the extra point for a 7-3 Giants edge.– Two quick incompletions from C.J. Stroud lead to a Houston punt, giving the Giants possession once again. Despite another 40-plus yard toss from McCarthy — this time a 47-yarder to rookie wideout Malachi Fields down the sideline —  two plays with negative yardage, a five-yard penalty, and an incomplete throw to Nabers forced the Giants into a 56-yard field goal attempt, which Zvada missed.McCarthy finished the first quarter 5-for-6 passing for 96 yards, averaging 16 yards per throw. — The second frame began with a quick 3-and-out for each team. On their second drive, the Texans seemed to have figured out a way around the New York defense, but a false start by Ed Ingram on 4th-and-1 knocked them back five yards to New York’s 39. Fairbairn’s 57-yard field goal attempt was successful, closing the score gap to 7-6.McCarthy continued to shine as New York got the ball back, evading pressure by gliding through the pocket to buy time and keeping his eyes downfield for open receivers for an 11-yard pass to Nabers and a 29-yarder to Thomas Fidone, who landed just one yard shy of the end zone for his first NFL catch. Winston took the field once again for a sneak, and Zvada nailed the extra point kick for New York’s second seven-point score.Earlier in the drive, Tracy strung together back-to-back runs worth 5 and 7 yards, respectively, before walking off the field slowly, seemingly nursing his leg. — After holding the Texans to just 82 yards up to the two-minute warning, New York’s defense started to lose its footing as the Texans marched 90 yards down the field in just seven plays to even the score. Houston first broke through with a 43-yard connection from Stroud to Tank Dell, who made his first catch in nearly two full seasons after rehabbing a gnarly k