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The Prediction Thread - 2021 - The Team vs. The Giants


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Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley return to scene where they gave Giants so much hope

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It was three days before Christmas 2019 and the Giants were nearing the end of another dismal season. A nine-game losing streak was snapped a week earlier, but this was a joyless time for a franchise that soon would fire another head coach, searching for a ray of light amid all the darkness.

And the Giants found a spark.

Daniel Jones, their rookie quarterback, was brilliant. He threw five touchdown passes and not one interception, passing for 352 yards on the soft grass at FedEx Field. Saquon Barkley, the second-year running back, was spectacular, ripping through Washington for 189 yards, including a touchdown burst of 67 yards and a 33-yard reception for another touchdown. It added up to a 41-35 victory, but far more compelling was this young, tantalizing 1-2 punch, seemingly capable of carrying the Giants onward and upward.

 

Jones and Barkley return to the site of those scintillating performances Thursday night, but everything about them, and their team, is lacking. Jones last week lost for the 19th time in his 27 starts, committing yet another key turnover at another crucial juncture. Barkley last week returned from an 11-month ordeal following knee surgery and struggled to regain his footing, literally. The Giants opened this season with a 27-13 loss to the Broncos, their still-young offensive leaders once again unable to make enough of a difference.

 

There was a time, not too long ago, when Jones and Barkley came to Landover, Md., and were everything the Giants needed them to be. Can they be that again? If so, the Giants can use them, right now, to prevent another season from spiraling away.

“We’ve got to capitalize,” Barkley said. “We’re talented, we know the talent that we have, we trust the coaching staff that we have, but it’s on us to go out there and capitalize.

“I feel like if we’re able to do that more consistently, the season is going to play out how we want to play out. I think that’s where we find ourselves — whether it’s from when I’ve been here, or the last two years, or even last week.”

This is an offense that scored a total of seven points in the first 59 minutes and 59 seconds of the season opener, coming off averaging 17.5 points a game in 2020. Washington is coming off a 20-16 home-field loss to the Chargers.

 

Amid all the terrible football the Giants have put forth, they’ve known how to beat Washington, carrying in a five-game winning streak against their rivals. Jones is 4-0 as a starter in this NFC East series....

 

https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/daniel-jones-saquon-barkley-return-to-where-they-gave-giants-hope/

 

https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/giants-eager-to-move-on-from-bad-taste-of-week-1-loss/

Daniel Jones is 4-0 in four career starts against Washington and has compiled a passer rating of 100.0 in those games, his highest against any opponent he’s played more than one time. Jones has completed 68 percent of his passes for 901 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions in the four games.

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11 hours ago, ultravin said:

i expect a big dissapointment.  gmen 37 wft 23.  lots of undisciplined penalties from holding, personal fouls, late hits for this team.  snyder will make a lot of money betting against his own team, especially when the vegas odds have the team favored~

 

Just like Cam Newton was supposed to be our starter this week as called by you? Lol.

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1 hour ago, DJHJR86 said:

Jones is 4-0 against Washington.  Jones is 0-5 in primetime games.  Washington is 0-3 against the Giants in Thursday night games.  Let the drinking commence.  

That last stat isn't accurate. We beat them on Thursday Night in 2017 when we hosted them on Thanksgiving.

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...i cant even begin to understand what the **** his point here is 😂😂😂 

13 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

That last stat isn't accurate. We beat them on Thursday Night in 2017 when we hosted them on Thanksgiving.

Ah but technically* that was considered a thanksgiving night edition of SNF ;) 

 

*=I’m just messin around 

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25 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

That last stat isn't accurate. We beat them on Thursday Night in 2017 when we hosted them on Thanksgiving.

 

I did not count that because it was a Thanksgiving game and not an exclusive Thursday night football game.  Thanksgiving is one of the few "primetime" slots were this team fares decently.  

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We need this win, so I plan to break out my old Redskins logo blanket for tonight's game.

 

It needs to be dry-cleaned, but it's had a decent track-record for "bringing in" a Washington victory, whenever I remember to have it draped out appropriately. 

 

...Well, at least it has one that's better than all these prime-time Washington Win-Loss stats I'm seeing tossed around.

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Thought about this game some more. Our strength (D'line) has to show up against their weakness (O'line). D'Line has to wreck this game for the Giants.

 

Passing game has to feature far more and run through McLaurin and Thomas early and often. We wont win with 130 odd yards of passing.

 

Get off the field on 3rd downs, create a couple of turnovers, hold them to FGs. Convert 3rd downs, protect the football and score TDs not FG's.

 

Its a game we should win, but its the Giants ...

 

Washington 23 - Giants 17. 

 

 

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