Giants vs. Commanders: Preview, prediction, what to watch for in Week 15
An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Commanders NFL Week 15 matchup at MetLife Stadium:There is strength in numbers for Washington’s ground game, which is ranked No.4 in the league, averaging 136.5 yards per game.
The leader of the pack is rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with Chris Rodriguez Jr.questionable with a groin injury. Of course, the quarterbacks play a big role here.
Jayden Daniels is out, but Marcus Mariota has 255 rushing yards and averages 6.5 per attempt.The Giants are notoriously bad in this department: 31st in the NFL, giving up a ghastly 154.2 yards per game.
In the season opener, the Commanders ran wild for 220 yards, torching the Giants for 6.9 yards per run. Will Abdul Carter actually start this game? He was held out of the starting lineup in two of the past three games after twice failing to adhere to team rules — missing a walk through and showing up late to a meeting.Interim head coach Mike Kafka laid down the punishment, and the rookie outside linebacker needs to show he can get his act together. “Abdul’s doing a great job just learning from those experiences,” Kafka said, revealing that Carter arrived for work at 7:30 a.m.
Monday coming off the bye to watch extra tape.“I think he’s just trying to turn that corner and continue to grow and develop as a young player and do a good job.” Jameis Winston was the No.
1 pick in the 2015 draft, and his career has not gone as expected.Marcus Mariota was the No.
2 pick that year, and he also did not develop as expected.Winston won the Heisman Trophy at Florida State and Mariota won the Heisman at Oregon.
Winston showed in his two starts (both losses) this season that he should be viewed as one of the top backup quarterbacks in the league.Mariota can make a claim to that as well.
This season, he is 1-5 filling in for injured Jayden Daniels despite playing reasonably well. The Commanders in 2024 were a turnaround team, finishing 12-5 in the regular season and winning two playoff...