EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Diehard Giants fan Joe Becker of Endicott, New York, brought a sign to Sunday’s Giants home finale that pleaded for the tank to continue:

“Dear Giants, Please Don’t Score for Shedeur,” Becker demanded, with his eyes on the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft and Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

But Brian Daboll’s team refused to heed the advice.

Drew Lock threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a fifth score. Malik Nabers racked up 171 receiving yards and two TDs. The Giants beat the shockingly uninspired Indianapolis Colts, 45-33, to snap a franchise-record 10-game losing streak and record their first home victory (1-8) in their final game at MetLife Stadium.

And in the process, the Giants (3-13) threw their draft position into jeopardy, potentially costing themselves the chance to select their QB of the future in the spring, where Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward will await as the top two prospects on the board.

They might have also gotten the Colts (8-8) staff fired.

Indianapolis GM Chris Ballard, coach Shane Steichen and defensive coordinator Gus Bradley have a lot of explaining to do after they lost to the worst team in the NFL with a playoff berth on the line, getting eliminated in the process.

The Giants, who finished 1-8 at home this season, have one game remaining in Philadelphia in Week 18 against the Eagles and old friend Saquon Barkley, who crossed the 2,000-yard rushing mark in Sunday’s blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys.

Barkley might sit out the regular season finale with the NFC East wrapped up depending on other results the rest of the weekend.

For now, the Giants finally got a win on Sunday by scoring a season-high 45 points. It was the first time they scored 30 or more this season and the first time they scored 40 points since 2019.

It also marked more points (45) than they had scored in their previous three games combined (32).

There was some discord late in the second half on the sideline with corner Adoree Jackson throwing his helmet and yelling at teammate Jason Pinnock after Joe Flacco’s second touchdown pass cut the Giants’ lead to 35-33 with 6:38 remaining in the fourth quarter.

But Lock drove the Giants downfield with Wan’Dale Robinson’s help and finished it off with a 5-yard rushing TD to seal it, along with help from a Dru Phillips interception.

Ihmir Smith-Marsette’s 100-yard kick return touchdown at the start of the third quarter carried the Giants’ first half momentum into the second.

Colts running back Jonathan Taylor answered with his second touchdown of the game immediately and Alec Pierce caught a Flacco TD to draw within 28-26 in the early fourth quarter.

But Nabers broke the game back open with a 59-yard catch and run TD as the Colts’ Kenny Moore and Samuel Womack showed little interest in tackling.

The Giants avoided becoming the first winless Giants team at home since 1974. They led at halftime on Sunday, 21-13, for the first time since their Week 3 win in Cleveland on Sept. 22.

Lock completed 7-of-8 passes for 153 yards and three touchdown passes in the first half alone: one score each to Nabers (31 yards), Darius Slayton (32 yards) and Robinson (five yards).

Nabers racked up 103 receiving yards and a TD on four catches in the first half against a Bradley-helmed Colts defense that looked uninterested in tackling or covering.

With Sunday’s production, Nabers and fifth-round back Tyrone Tracy Jr. became the third rookie duo in NFL history to each have 1,000-plus yards from scrimmage in a season. Tracy crossed the threshold with the help of a 40-yard run to set up Nabers’ first quarter score.

The only other rookie duos to cross 1,000 yards each in NFL history are the 2006 Saints’ Reggie Bush and Marques Colston and the 1960 Dallas Texans’ Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson.

Safety Dane Belton’s interception of Flacco at the Giants’ 6-yard line set a competitive tone on the game’s opening drive despite the Colts marching straight down the field prior.

And Robinson’s touchdown catch with 5:55 to play in the half put the Giants up a commanding 21-6.

Steichen went for a 4th and 5 at the Giants’ 8 yard line and converted on a Kylen Granson 6-yard catch with 1:07 remaining, though, to set up a Taylor 3-yard TD run with 23 seconds left.

That cut the Giants’ lead to 21-13, their first halftime lead since their 21-7 advantage over the Browns in Week 3. It marked only their third lead at half all season, including their 12-9 advantage in a Week 2 loss at Washington.

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