Unlikely first-place matchup as Giants travel to Seattle
NEW YORK GIANTS (4-7) at SEATTLE (8-3)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE - Seahawks by 7 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Giants 8-3; Seahawks 6-5
SERIES RECORD - Tied 9-9
LAST MEETING - Seahawks beat Giants 24-7, Oct. 22, 2017
LAST WEEK - Giants beat Bengals 19-17; Seahawks beat Eagles 23-17
AP PRO32 RANKING - Giants No. 20; Seahawks No. 6
GIANTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (29), RUSH (15), PASS (28).
GIANTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (10), RUSH (5), PASS (19).
SEAHAWKS OFFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (11T), PASS (4).
SEAHAWKS DEFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (3), PASS (32).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- The Giants are 4-1 this season when they score first but are winless in the six games when they haven't. ... There's uncertainty at quarterback for New York after Daniel Jones suffered a hamstring injury last week. If Jones can't go, Colt McCoy would make his first start of the season. McCoy was 6 of 10 for 31 yards in place of Jones last week. ... Giants quarterbacks have not thrown an interception in three consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 16-20, 2018. ... The Giants did not allow a sack last week for the first time since Dec. 1, 2019 against Green Bay. ... RB Wayne Gallman rushed for a career-high 94 yards and a touchdown at Cincinnati. Gallman has a rushing TD in five straight games, tied for the longest active streak in the league. ... TE Evan Engram had a career-high 129 yards receiving on six catches last week. Engram has at least five catches in four of his past five games. Engram needs three catches to become the sixth tight end in franchise history with 200. The others are Jeremy Shockey (371), Bob Tucker (327), Mark Bavaro (266), Aaron Thomas (247) and Howard Cross (201). ... WR Golden Tate will return to Seattle for the second time since he left the Seahawks following the 2013 season. Tate had three catches for 29 yards in a 2015 game while with Detroit. ... Safety Logan Ryan leads NFL defensive backs with seven forced fumbles since the start of the 2019 season. ... LB Blake Martinez has 101 tackles on the season, his fourth straight season of 100 tackles. ... Seattle coach Pete Carroll needs one victory to tie Steve Owen for 21st on the all-time wins list with 153. ... Russell Wilson has thrown for 3,216 yards this season and has joined Peyton Manning as the only QBs with at least 3,000 yards passing and 20 or more TD passes in each of their first nine seasons. ... With his next victory Wilson will become the only QB in league history to have a winning record in each of his first nine seasons. ... RB Chris Carson had 41 yards rushing and a touchdown in his return last week after missing the previous four games with a foot injury. ... WR DK Metcalf leads the NFL In yards receiving with 1,039 and has five games this season with at least 100 yards receiving, tied for most in the league. Metcalf needs 249 yards to surpass Steve Largent's franchise record for yards receiving in a season. ... Metcalf has at least one TD catch in six straight home games. ... LB Bobby Wagner has 101 tackles on the season and joined London Fletcher and Keith Brooking as the only players since 2000 with 100 tackles in at least nine straight seasons. ... SS Jamal Adams leads Seattle with 6 ˆ½ sacks and is the only defensive back since sacks became an official stat in 1982 to have consecutive seasons with at least six sacks. In his last game against the Giants, Adams had nine tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble return for a touchdown as a Jet. ... K Jason Myers has made 26 consecutive field goal attempts, four shy of the franchise record of 30 held by Olindo Mare. ... Fantasy tip: While the Giants have been solid at stopping the run, they've been susceptible through the air. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett could both be in line for big games.
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