The Giants are on the road needing a win.
Daniel Jones and Co. are in Seattle, ready to take on Geno Smith and the 3-1 Seahawks for a 4:25 p.m. ET matchup. The Giants will be without Malik Nabers (concussion).
The Giants are coming off a “Thursday Night Football” loss to the Cowboys, a game they could have easily won.
Now, they’ve gotten some extra rest and are set to matchup against NFC West-leading Seattle.
Can the Giants stay competitive in the wide open NFC East? Or will Seattle overpower Big Blue?
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No real surprises. Malik Nabers and Devin Singletary are out.
Below is full list:
WR Malik Nabers
S Anthony Johnson
RB Devin Singletary
CB Tre Hawkins III
OLB Boogie Basham
G Jake Kubas
QB Tommy DeVito (3rd)
SEATTLE — There were Super Bowls XLII and XLVI, when the predators of the Giants defense harassed and hounded Tom Brady enough to allow Eli Manning to Eli Manning when it was winning time.
Before that, there were Jim Burt knocking out Joe Montana with a concussion in the 1986 playoffs and Leonard Marshall wrecking him four years later with a Super Bowl on the line.
And long before that, there was Sam Huff eagerly welcoming the great Jim Brown into his violent world.
And I haven’t even mentioned Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson and Carl Banks.
The Post learned that Michael Strahan, one of the Hall of Fame symbols of those proud Giants defenses of yesteryear, paid a timely and uplifting visit to the facility Thursday.
“The legacy he’s left, it almost like blesses me with the opportunity to chase what he left behind,” Kayvon Thibodeaux told The Post.
Strahan’s message resonated. It always does.
SEATTLE — Not quite there.
Those three words can stand as a succinct and apt description of what the Giants are all about in 2024.
Not great, of course. Not uncompetitive.
Certainly not special, but also not dysfunctional.
Not a winning team.
Not a team that looks as if it has no chance to win.
The Giants through four games are … not quite there.
This is evident in so many ways.
The discussion the other day was about the failure to connect on the deep ball.
This had been one of the strengths Daniel Jones displayed in his early years as the starting quarterback. “He is not great at this or that, but he can throw the long ball” — that was a frequent talking point.
This season, Jones is not doing anything particularly special, and what he is doing less than that is connecting on his throws of 20 or more yards.
An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Seahawks NFL Week 5 matchup at Lumen Field in Seattle:
Marquee matchup
Seahawks WR DK Metcalf vs. Giants CB Deonte Banks
Another game, another extreme challenge for the top cornerback.
Metcalf is ridiculously big (6-foot-4, 235 pounds), strong and fast, and it often is a lethal combination for whoever is unfortunate enough to draw this assignment.
Metcalf is fourth in the league (behind Nico Collins, Chris Goodwin and Malik Nabers) in receiving yards with 366, and he is a big play waiting to happen.
Banks is a good-sized (6-2, 200) defender, and that will help, as far as not being physically dominated.
The key will be if Banks can avoid getting boxed out or out-muscled for the ball.
And if Banks can get Metcalf to the ground after the catch.
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