The 3-10 Commanders Visit the 2-11 Giants in a Game Of NFC Rivals
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 Washington.
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: overall (18 ), rush (4 ), pass (24 ), scoring (24 )
Commanders defense: overall (30 ), rush (29 ), pass (30 ), scoring (28 )
Giants offense: overall (14 ), rush (13 ), pass (15 ), scoring (23 )
Giants defense: general (31 ), rush (31 ), pass (24 ), scoring (30 )
Turnover differential: Commanders minus-11; Giants minus-7.
RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. The Giants permit 154.2 hurrying yards a video game and the Commanders are averaging 136.5, so perhaps this will be the week Washington offending planner Kliff Kingsbury lets Rodriguez get a couple of more carries. He had success last week against Minnesota when given the ball - gaining 5.2 backyards per rush - but just ran the ball 10 times.
Rookie QB Jaxson Dart. His development is the most - and possibly just - vital part left in this lost season. Dart states he just desires to win as the Giants play out the string, and he might be able to take advantage of a challenger that resists the run and the pass. Dart has tossed for 11 touchdowns and run for 7 more in his first eight NFL begins.
Commanders' offensive line vs. Giants' pass rush. Only 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 need to be plenty of pressure on Mariota from Burns, rookie edge rusher Abdul Carter and protective take on Dexter Lawrence.
Commanders: QB Jayden Daniels will miss his seventh video game of the season after exacerbating his injured left elbow last week. That was his first game in more than a month after dislocating his nonthrowing elbow on Nov. 2. Daniels also missed two video games with a sprained left knee and one game with a bad ideal hamstring earlier. ... TE Zach Ertz went on IR today after tearing his right ACL.
Giants: Thibodeaux might miss out on a fourth successive game because 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 responsibilities.
The Commanders won the previous three meetings after losing the previous three. ... Washington is attempting to sweep the two-game series versus the Giants in consecutive seasons for the first time because 1982-83. ... Each group is expected to have a various beginning QB than in Week 1: Marcus Mariota rather of Daniels for the Commanders, and Dart instead of Russell Wilson for the Giants.
Following 8 successive defeats, Washington currently has two times as lots of losses as it did all of last season, when it went 12-5 and then made it all the way to the NFC title video game. ... The loss to Minnesota recently was the very first time Washington had been shut out since 2019. ... The Commanders are 1-5 when Mariota begins this season. ... The Commanders have simply 7 takeaways this season, the 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 6 and his career count to 135 1/2, putting him one away from passing Jared Allen for 12th on the all-time list. ... The Giants have actually lost seven in a row, with coach Brian Daboll and protective planner Shane Bowen getting fired during the skid. They have actually lost 25 of their previous 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 backyards, while TE Theo Johnson has the most TD catches with five. ... Carter registered his very first complete sack against the Patriots after being benched for the very first quarter, his 2nd disciplinary action in three games.
Giants RB Tyrone Tracy is good to go after the bye week, interim coach Mike Kafka said. With snow potentially in the projection, Tracy might get a healthy quantity of brings and the possibility to develop a rhythm in the running game.
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Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) responds 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)