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.
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.
Giants outside linebacker Brian Burns hurt his knee in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 12-7 win over Tennessee and will have an MRI, coach John Harbaugh said.
Harbaugh gave the scheme reason for rushing Thibodeaux and Golston from the interior against Dallas, and described which rusher penetrates first on two kinds of stunt.
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.