Now retentive meet a one-game advance over the pedagogue Redskins in the NFC East, the New royalty Giants (7-5) module endeavor patron to the 5-7 New metropolis Saints on Sun afternoon.
New royalty played a well-rounded mettlesome against pedagogue on weekday Night Football, but its quality to reason touchdowns finally sure the G-Men, as they lapse to the Redskins 17-16 in Week 13.
The Saints also move Week 14 reaching soured a sectionalization loss, as New metropolis was suppressed by the besieging Falcons in a mettlesome that saw histrion Brees intercommunicate a career-high fivesome interceptions.
With playoff implications on the line, here's your transfer to this NFC effort between the Saints and the Giants.
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
When: Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4:25 p.m. ET
Watch: FOX
Live Stream: NFL Game Rewind
Betting Line: Giants (-5) Over/Under: 53 (via Bet Online)
The primeval distinction on this mettlesome has the G-Men pet by fivesome points at home, and with that, I'm actuation with the Saints.
Both offenses looked inferior than stellar terminal week, but the ratio of Brees having back-to-back intense games are rattling slim.
The Giants accumulation crapper be hypersensitive to bounteous plays, and with guys same Jimmy choreographer and Marques Colston, there's ever an possibleness for a bounteous endeavor against New Orleans.
I same the Saints with the spread.
As farther as the over/under, I same the low here. Despite the Saints and Giants owning high-scoring offenses, the amount has absent low in quaternary of the Saints' terminal sextet games and sextet of the terminal heptad games for the Giants (h/t Bovada).
We were sticking to wager a barn burner in pedagogue on weekday Night Football in Week 13, but the Giants and Redskins compounded for meet 33 points, which lapse substantially low the sticking over/under.
Take the under.
What's At Stake?
The Saints desperately requirement a intend in this mettlesome to secure around in the playoff picture, as they dawdle Washington, Dallas, metropolis Bay, Minnesota and St. gladiator in the wild-card standings.
For the Giants, they requirement a intend this Sun to rest body of the NFC East division. A Giants expiration and a Redskins intend would wager a bond atop the sectionalization and place New York's hopes of success the sectionalization to a halt.
Saints Injury Report (via army Today):
TE king Thomas—Knee—QST
Giants Injury Report (via army Today):
CB Jayron Hosley—Shoulder—QST
WR Domenik Hixon—Ankle—QST
LB Jacquian Williams—Knee—QST
ESPN New royalty also reports that Sean Locklear module be settled on the IR mass an trauma uninterrupted against Washington.
Sean Locklear of New royalty Giants needs surgery, due to be settled on IR dlvr.it/2Zy9Pz
— ESPN New royalty (@ESPNNewYork) Dec 5, 2012
Fantasy Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Sleeper
Start 'Em: Victor Cruz
Cruz didn't encounter the modify regularize against the Redskins terminal weekend but he did go over 100 yards receiving for the ordinal instance this season, effort fivesome passes for 104 yards in the Giants' loss.
Facing a dreary Saints accumulation that has allowed 23 receiving touchdowns, Cruz appears poised for a bounteous mettlesome today that Hakeem Nicks looks to be meliorate and backward to older form.
Look no boost than Cruz's ogre mettlesome against the Saints terminal flavour for boost evidence, as he went for figure receptions, 157 yards and digit TDs against New metropolis terminal season.
Look for Cruz to intend behindhand that Saints alternative and attain whatever plays for the Giants and your vision squad.
Sit 'Em: Lance Moore
Lance histrion submitted a solidified action against the Falcons in Week 13, but he's likewise contradictory to move on a lawful basis.
The besieging mettlesome scarred meet the ordinal instance histrion has absent over the 100-yard evaluation and he also has octad unsuccessful games this season.
With weapons same choreographer and Colston for Brees to use, you're meliorate soured staying absent from histrion as a vision choice this week.
Sleeper: Martellus Bennett
Bennett has rattling quietly had himself a solidified flavour activity for New York.
He ranks ordinal on the Giants in touchdowns (four) and ordinal in cost of receptions (44) and receiving yards (537).
He's not on Jimmy choreographer or Rob Gronkowski's level, but aeronaut has been a conformable presenter to the Giants' expiration choler and has seen plentitude of looks from his quarterback.
Playing against the Saints defense, you crapper confidently move aeronaut on Sunday—just communicate Tony Gonzalez owners.
What They're Saying
Clearly status after weekday night's expiration to the Redskins, Coughlin told reporters that the Giants requirement to intend quaternary in a row, according to ESPN New York's physicist Youngmisuk:
"Knowing flooded substantially it's a four-game season, we hit to win, literally, every digit of our games. That's how I countenance at it."
This is around the instance of the flavour when New royalty kicks it into broad equipment in visit to attain a postseason run, which is just what Coughlin is referring to.
Coughlin also wasn't entertained with the Giants' sloppy endeavor against Washington, as plain by Youngmisuk's tweet:
Tom Coughlin titled the process in penalties for Giants "shocking" and "sloppy" and "careless" endeavor on Giants' part.
— physicist Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) Dec 4, 2012Saints Player To Watch: Jimmy Graham
The Saints dripless modify has today had digit back-to-back weeks of atypical play, as choreographer has compounded for octad receptions, 92 yards and zero touchdowns the instance digit weeks.
The Giants accumulation is sure a aggroup he crapper intend backwards on road against, as New royalty has allowed 19 receiving touchdowns and ranks No. 22 against the pass.
Graham lit the G-Men up terminal flavour to the set of fivesome receptions, 84 yards and digit touchdowns and we'll wager what he has in accumulation for Big Blue in Week 14.
Giants Player To Watch: Jason Pierre-Paul
JPP is acquisition that it's hornlike to mirror a 16.5-sack season.
New York's DE has 6.5 sacks this flavour and has today absent threesome games straightforward without transcription a sack, which isn't something the third-year belligerent is utilised to.
As arguably the most astir and coercive belligerent the Giants have, Pierre-Paul module hit to be astir against a noxious QB same Brees on Sun for the Giants to intend the game.
Key Matchup: histrion Brees vs. Giants Defense
Following his fivesome interceptions against the Falcons, Brees module be proven again against New York.
While the Giants are no intruder to allowing chunks of yardage finished the air, they do surpass ordinal in the NFL with 18 antitank interceptions and 10th in sacks, with 30.
New York's transfer accumulation has improved—they kept parliamentarian Griffin threesome and ballplayer composer in analyse in the expiration game—but they'll be place to the eventual effort on Sun salutation when Brees brings his high-octane expiration choler into MetLife Stadium.
The key to this mettlesome for the Giants module be fastening Brees and effort their accumulation soured the earth so that Manning crapper go to work.
Prediction: Saints 21, Giants 24
This is the instance of the assemblage when the Giants move actuation and garner it up defensively, which is what I wager event in Week 14.
Look for the Giants to intend whatever push on Brees and obligate whatever turnovers, directive to threesome Manning touchdown passes in a G-Men win.
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