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The 3-10 Commanders Visit The 2-11 Giants In A Game Of NFC Rivals

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Washington (3-10) at N.Y. Giants (2-11)


BetMGM NFL chances: Giants by 2 1/2.


Against the spread: Commanders 4-9; Giants 7-6.


Series record: New york city leads 108-74-5.


Last meeting: Commanders beat Giants 21-6 on Sept. 7, 2025, at .


Recently: Commanders lost to Vikings 31-0; Giants had bye, lost to Patriots 33-15 on Dec. 1.


FILE - Washington Commanders cornerback Car'lin Vigers (22) scores a goal against the New York Giants throughout the very first half of an NFL football game, onSept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)


Commanders offense: total (18 ), rush (4 ), pass (24 ), scoring (24 )


Commanders defense: total (30 ), rush (29 ), pass (30 ), scoring (28 )


Giants offense: general (14 ), rush (13 ), pass (15 ), scoring (23 )


Giants defense: total (31 ), rush (31 ), pass (24 ), scoring (30 )


Turnover differential: Commanders minus-11; Giants minus-7.


RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. The Giants allow 154.2 rushing yards a game and the Commanders are balancing 136.5, so maybe this will be the week Washington offensive organizer Kliff Kingsbury lets Rodriguez get a couple of more brings. He had success last week against Minnesota when provided the ball - getting 5.2 backyards per rush - but just ran the ball 10 times.


Rookie QB Jaxson Dart. His development is the most - and possibly just - essential part left in this lost season. Dart states he simply wants to win as the Giants play out the string, and he may be able to benefit from a challenger that resists the run and the pass. Dart has tossed for 11 goals and run for seven more in his first eight NFL starts.


Commanders' offending line vs. Giants' pass rush. Only Cleveland's Myles Garrett, approaching the single-season record, has more sacks than New york city's Brian Burns, with a career-high 13. Even without Kayvon Thibodeaux, there ought to be plenty of pressure on Mariota from Burns, novice edge rusher Abdul Carter and protective take on Dexter Lawrence.


Commanders: QB Jayden Daniels will miss his seventh video game of the season after intensifying his injured left elbow last week. That was his very first video game in more than a month after dislocating his nonthrowing elbow on Nov. 2. Daniels likewise missed 2 games with a sprained left knee and one video game with a bad best hamstring earlier. ... TE Zach Ertz went on IR this week after tearing his ideal ACL.


Giants: Thibodeaux might miss a 4th successive game due to the fact that of a shoulder injury. ... With P Jamie Gillian nursing a left knee injury, Cameron Johnston was signed to the practice team and might take control of punting duties.


The Commanders won the past three conferences after losing the previous three. ... Washington is attempting to sweep the two-game series versus the Giants in consecutive seasons for the very first time since 1982-83. ... Each team is anticipated to have a different starting QB than in Week 1: Marcus Mariota instead of Daniels for the Commanders, and Dart instead of Russell Wilson for the Giants.


Following 8 successive beats, Washington currently has twice as many losses as it did all of last season, when it went 12-5 and after that made it all the method to the NFC title video game. ... The loss to Minnesota recently was the first time Washington had actually been locked out given that 2019. ... The Commanders are 1-5 when Mariota begins this season. ... The Commanders have simply seven takeaways this season, the exact same total as the Giants. The Jets (with 2) are the only team with fewer. ... LB Von Miller ´ s sack last week against the Vikings raised his season overall to a team-leading six and his profession count to 135 1/2, putting him one away from passing Jared Allen for 12th on the all-time list. ... The Giants have lost seven in a row, with coach Brian Daboll and protective organizer Shane Bowen getting fired during the skid. They've lost 25 of their past 30 games dating to last season. ... New york city has had six various leading receivers in 13 games. WR Wan'Dale Robinson has a team-high 73 catches and 828 yards, while TE Theo Johnson has the most TD catches with 5. ... Carter registered his first complete sack versus the Patriots after being benched for the very first quarter, his second disciplinary action in three games.


Giants RB Tyrone Tracy is great to go after the bye week, interim coach Mike Kafka said. With snow potentially in the forecast, Tracy might get a healthy amount of carries and the opportunity to establish a rhythm in the running game.


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Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) reacts after losing to the Denver Broncos in overtime of an NFL football video game Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)


New york city Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart speaks to members of the media, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)