NEWSLETTER
Week 1 is in the books, your fantasy team bombed (if you’re like me), the Bears were crap, and we’re all ready to do it all over again this week.
The New York Giants visit FedEx Field in Landover, Md., to take on the Washington Football Team in the lid-lifter for Week 2 of the NFL season tonight.
This @WashingtonNFL defense is not to be messed with. 😤 #WashingtonFootball
📺: #NYGvsWAS — TONIGHT 8:20pm ET on @nflnetwork
📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/llXQj5VRIl— NFL (@NFL) September 16, 2021
While this isn’t the sexiest matchup that Thursday Night Football will have to offer us this season, and boy will it have a tough time topping the thriller we got last Thursday night between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys, it’s a battle of two division rivals in primetime. It’ll get the job done if you’re craving some football to wash that nasty taste from Sunday night’s Bears debacle out of your mouth.
Game Info
New York Giants (0-1, T-2nd NFC East) at Washington Football Team (0-1, T-2nd NFC East) – NFL Network (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Kristina Pink), Westwood One (Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli)
Kickoff time: 7:20 p.m. CT
Site: FedEx Field
Referee: Scott Novak
Odds: WFT -3.5 (-190), O/U 41 (via DraftKings Sports Book)
Game Thread
Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. Hopefully, this thread is a bit more enjoyable than the last version during the Bears-Rams game on Sunday night.
Coaches
Giants: Joe Judge (6-11) vs. Football Team: Ron Rivera (83-73-1, 7-10 with Football Team)
Week 2 Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats
Giants: Daniel Jones: 24/38, 259 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 5 carries, 27 rushing yards
versus
Football Team: Taylor Heinicke: 22/36, 251 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 3 rushing yards
Week 2 projected stats via ESPN projections
Giants Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Daniel Jones
• RB Saquon Barkley
• WRs Sterling Shepard, Kenny Golladay, Darius Slayton
• TE Kyle Rudolph
• LT Will Hernandez, LG Nick Gates, C Billy Price, RG Nate Solder, RT Ben Bredesen
Defense
• LDE Dexter Lawrence, DT Leonard Williams, NT Austin Johnson
• WILL Tae Crowder, SLB Lorenzo Carter, OLB Oshane Ximines
• CBs James Bradberry, Adoree’ Jackson
• S Jabrill Peppers, Logan Ryan
Specialists
• Graham Gano (kicker), Riley Dixon (punter, holder), Casey Kreiter (long snapper), Jabrill Peppers (kick and punt returns)
Football Team’s Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Taylor Heinicke
• RB Antonio Gibson
• WRs Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel, Adam Humphries
• TE Logan Thomas
• LT Charles Leno Jr., LG Ereck Flowers, C Chase Roullier, RG Brandon Scherff, RT Sam Cosmi
Defense
• DEs Chase Young, Montez Sweat, DTs
• LBs Cole Holcomb, Jamin Davis, Jon Bostic
• CBs Kendall Fuller, William Jackson III
• S Landon Collins, Kamren Curl
Specialists
• Dustin Hopkins (kicker), Tress Way (punter, holder), Camaron Cheeseman (long snapper), DeAndre Carter (kick and punt returns)
Inactives
Giants Inactives for #TNF:
TE Evan Engram
WR Collin Johnson
CB Josh Jackson
CB Sam Beal
LB Justin Hilliard
LB Cam Brown
LB Quincy Roche📰: https://t.co/JHXrrKuN2Z pic.twitter.com/eUMgfjNG6p
— Dan Salomone (@Dan_Salomone) September 16, 2021
Washington inactives: CB Darryl Roberts, DE Shaka Toney, OT Saahdiq Charles and TE Sammis Reyes. Washington only has 52 players on its active roster so it only needs to make four inactive. None of these are a surprise. https://t.co/GQlpSD9ejZ
— John Keim (@john_keim) September 16, 2021
