NFL Fines Four Giants a Combined $48,866 for Plays in Week 3 Win Over Titans
Isaiah Likely, Abdul Carter, Shelby Harris and Cam Skattebo were fined for plays in the 12-7 win over Tennessee. The four fines tied Jacksonville for the most in Week 3.
Isaiah Likely, Abdul Carter, Shelby Harris and Cam Skattebo were fined for plays in the 12-7 win over Tennessee. The four fines tied Jacksonville for the most in Week 3.
The Giants host Arizona as 2½-point underdogs with no red-zone touchdowns in four trips under Jameis Winston. How to watch, the line, injuries, weather and keys to the game.
Defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson said the Giants will move players around, push the pocket up the middle and send extra pressure without Brian Burns.
Brian Burns had five of the Giants' 11 pressures in three games, and the team's pressure rate was the NFL's lowest with him. Here are the snap counts and who is left before Arizona on Sunday.
Arizona is 1-2 and allows 8.4 net yards per pass attempt. The Giants' pass rush, last in pressure rate, faces Jacoby Brissett's quick release without Brian Burns.
Jameis Winston starts Sunday and J.J. McCarthy will be the No. 2 or No. 3 QB, coach John Harbaugh said Monday. Brian Burns will have surgery on his torn ACL.
The Giants beat Tennessee 12-7 with no touchdowns in two red-zone trips, and their defense had no sacks. Snap counts show a heavier run package and who took the edge snaps after Brian Burns left.
Giants outside linebacker Brian Burns tore his ACL in Sunday's win over Tennessee and will have surgery, coach John Harbaugh said Monday.
The Giants scored six points on nine drives after Jaxson Dart's knee injury. Jameis Winston went 11 of 27 with an interception, and the Giants were 3 of 14 on third down.
All five of the Giants' lowest-graded defenders in Week 1 were interior linemen or cornerbacks. Both safeties graded far above every cornerback who played.
Prescott averaged 5.1 yards an attempt with no completion longer than 17 yards and the Giants had no sacks. Carter and Golston had four pressures each, Thibodeaux three and Burns one.
Dart threw three touchdowns, Likely caught two, and the Giants held the ball 36:40 in a 28-20 win over Dallas in John Harbaugh's debut, their first Week 1 home win since 2010.