Giants vs. Titans: Preview, prediction, what to watch for in Week 3

An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Titans Week 3 matchup at MetLife Stadium:Follow the money.Simmons is the third highest-paid player at his position in the league — his annual average of $35.28 million is behind just Jalen Carter and Quinnen Williams.

Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.Simmons had a career-high 11 sacks in 2025, and his quick first step will challenge C John Michael Schmitz and rookie RG Sisi Mauigoa, as Simmons usually lines up on the left side of the line.

Simmons is capable of disrupting any rushing attack, and the Giants must keep him from getting line of scrimmage shots at their running backs.The great Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was a bit rusty last week coming off two years of inactivity.Simmons, a noted trash talker, is in top form, having played 81 percent of the snaps the past two games and registering 10 tackles, one sack and three quarterback hits.Taking it personal: Brian Daboll did not give up anything — were you expecting anything else? — when asked in Nashville about facing the Giants.

The career offensive assistant and coordinator got his first shot as a head coach with the Giants in 2022 and came away with a playoff victory and an NFL Coach of the Year award.What followed were too many lowlights, and the Giants fired him 10 games into the 2025 season.

Now he runs the Titans’ offense.“I have a ton of respect for the people in that organization,” Daboll said of the Giants.“Very grateful for the opportunity the Mara family and the Tisch family gave me, from top down to bottom, really good people in that building.”Will his familiarity with the Giants help in any way? “You wish it did,” Daboll said.Not good enough: The Giants on defense in the season-opening victory did not exactly stone-cold stop the Cowboys.

It was more a case of the offense playing keep-away.A week later, the Giants defense did not do much of anything to de...