Thursday night brings an NFC East matchup that could shape the division picture, even if it doesn’t jump off the page at first glance. The Giants sit atop the division at 5-2-1, while Washington, at 2-5-1, still has room to steady its season. With the NFC East wide open, every remaining game carries extra weight.
These teams already know each other well. In Week 5, New York and Washington played to an overtime tie after the Commanders botched a game-winning drive.
That finish left both sides wanting more, and Thursday offers a chance to settle it the right way. The expectation here is a back-and-forth game that gets both offenses moving, with each team topping 20 points for the second time this season before the Giants finish it with a late field goal.
That means a tight, shifting game throughout the night. New York is predicted to keep its momentum rolling and win its third straight on a fourth-quarter kick.
Jayden Daniels should be right in the middle of everything for Washington again. He has been excellent at taking care of the football, with no interceptions or lost fumbles in six games.
He also showed what he can do against New York in Week 5, when he threw for 199 yards and ran for 103. This time, the forecast is another big dual-threat outing: 200 passing yards and 100 rushing yards.
If that happens, it would be his second straight game against the Giants with more than 100 yards through the air and on the ground.
On the other side, J.J. McCarthy is lined up for his best showing as a Giant.
Since arriving from the Vikings, he has already helped New York stack consecutive wins, and he gets a favorable matchup against a defense that has allowed the 3 rd -most passing yards per game. The prediction is a clean, productive night for McCarthy, who would finish with 260 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Isaiah Likely is also expected to make a major impact. In his first season with New York, he has already climbed near the top of the tight end leaderboard, ranking 3 rd in targets & receptions, 6 th in yards, and tied for 1 st in touchdowns.
Even so, he has not yet hit 100 receiving yards in a game. That changes here.
Washington has allowed the 5 th -most yards and 2 nd -most touchdowns to opposing tight ends, setting up Likely for his best game as a Giant, his first 100-yard receiving performance of the season, and a third game with two touchdown receptions.
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