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After a rough run of results, the Giants’ schedule has become somewhat more favorable over the past few weeks. They beat the Commanders on Sunday and now face a New England team that has only won twice as all season.
On Sunday, the Patriots return to MetLife Stadium, the site of their only road win of the year, with the Giants hoping to win their second game in a row for the first time all season.
Here are some of the biggest stories to watch as Big Blue looks to keep the momentum rolling:
Can Tommy DeVito build on last week’s performance?
The rookie quarterback definitely had his best performance so far in the win over Washington. He ended up with 246 yards and three touchdown passes. Whether or not Tyrod Taylor returns this year, DeVito is arguably playing well enough that the Giants will keep him in that role as long as he’s healthy.
The main negative from Sunday’s win was that DeVito was sacked nine times, usually as a result of holding onto the ball too long. He’ll need to be more decisive this week, although Matt Judon is on injured reserve and no other Patriots player has more than three sacks.
Can the Giants get Saquon Barkley going early on?
Over the past two weeks, Barkley has really struggled to get going in the first half of games, but the Giants have kept feeding him and he’s ultimately delivered in the second half. He has minus-one yard on 13 carries before halftime in those games but 150 yards on 14 carries after halftime.
For the season as a whole, he’s averaging 2.8 yards per carry in the first half and more than double that amount in the second half.
Barkley also had a big second half in the Jets game, when they abandoned the pass with DeVito making his debut. However, the lone outlier in recent games has been the Raiders game where Barkley had 69 carries on 10 carries in the first half.
With fewer injuries and more stability on the offensive line over the past few weeks, it would be good if he could get off to another start like that…
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Publish date : 2023-11-25 15:00:22
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