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 conference: Commanders beat Giants 21-6 on Sept. 7, 2025, at Washington.
Last week: 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) ratings a touchdown versus the New york city Giants throughout the very first half of an NFL football video game, onSept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
Commanders offense: overall (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: general (31 ), rush (31 ), pass (24 ), scoring (30 )
Turnover differential: Commanders minus-11; Giants minus-7.
RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. The Giants allow 154.2 hurrying yards a game and the Commanders are averaging 136.5, so maybe this will be the week Washington offensive organizer Kliff Kingsbury lets Rodriguez get a few more brings. He had success recently versus Minnesota when provided the ball - getting 5.2 yards per rush - however only ran the ball 10 times.
Rookie QB Jaxson Dart. His advancement is the most - and perhaps only - crucial part left in this lost season. Dart says he just desires to win as the Giants play out the string, and he may be able to take benefit of an opponent that resists the run and the pass. Dart has tossed for 11 touchdowns 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's Brian Burns, with a career-high 13. Even without Kayvon Thibodeaux, there must be plenty of pressure on Mariota from Burns, rookie edge rush Abdul Carter and protective deal with Dexter Lawrence.
Commanders: QB Jayden Daniels will miss his seventh game of the season after worsening 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 also missed out on 2 video games with a sprained left knee and one video game with a bad ideal hamstring previously. ... TE Zach Ertz went on IR today after tearing his ideal ACL.
Giants: Thibodeaux might miss out on a fourth consecutive 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 squad and could take control of punting duties.
The Commanders won the past three conferences after losing the previous three. ... Washington is trying to sweep the two-game series versus the Giants in consecutive seasons for the very first time considering that 1982-83. ... Each team is anticipated to have a different beginning QB than in Week 1: Marcus Mariota rather of Daniels for the Commanders, and Dart rather of Russell Wilson for the Giants.
Following eight consecutive beats, Washington already has twice as numerous losses as it did all of last season, when it went 12-5 and then made it all the method to the NFC title game. ... The loss to Minnesota recently was the first time Washington had been shut out because 2019. ... The Commanders are 1-5 when Mariota starts this season. ... The Commanders have simply 7 takeaways this season, the very same total as the Giants. The Jets (with 2) are the only team with less. ... LB Von Miller ´ s sack last week versus the Vikings raised his season total to a team-leading 6 and his career count to 135 1/2, putting him one far from passing Jared Allen for 12th on the all-time list. ... The Giants have lost 7 in a row, with coach Brian Daboll and protective planner Shane Bowen getting fired throughout the skid. They have actually lost 25 of their past 30 games dating to last season. ... New york city has had 6 different 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 5. ... Carter registered his very first full sack against the Patriots after being benched for the first quarter, his 2nd disciplinary action in 3 games.
Giants RB Tyrone Tracy is good to pursue the bye week, interim coach Mike Kafka stated. With snow potentially in the forecast, Tracy may get a healthy amount of brings and the opportunity to establish a rhythm in the running video 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 Giants Dart speaks to members of the media, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)