The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 9 matchup between the Giants and Commanders.
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| Washington | Rank | @ | NY Giants | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3.5 | Spread | 3.5 | ||
| 23.5 | Implied Total | 20 | ||
| 29.5 | 3 | Points/Gm | 14.6 | 31 |
| 20.9 | 10 | Points All./Gm | 21.9 | 14 |
| 63.1 | 13 | Plays/Gm | 65 | 3 |
| 57.1 | 3 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 59 | 8 |
| 6.3 | 3 | Off. Yards/Play | 4.7 | 29 |
| 5.7 | 23 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.6 | 22 |
| 50.50% | 4 | Rush% | 39.81% | 25 |
| 49.50% | 29 | Pass% | 60.19% | 8 |
| 48.36% | 26 | Opp. Rush % | 44.28% | 17 |
| 51.64% | 7 | Opp. Pass % | 55.72% | 16 |
- Washington averages a league-high 3.01 points per drive.
- The Giants average 1.28 points per drive, 31st in the league.
- The Giants have scored a touchdown on 1-of-44 drives at home this season.
- The Giants average 5.3 plays per game that gain 15 or more yards, 27th in the NFL.
- Washington averages 7.4 plays per game that gain 15 or more yards, 6th in the league.
- Washington has converted a league-high 34.8% (16-of-46) of their 3rd-and-long (needing 7 or more yards) situations.
- Washington allowed 1.51 points per drive in October (8th) after allowing a league-high 3.19 points per drive in September.
- Washington has allowed 73.5 yards per game on explosive runs, 30th in the league.
- The Giants have allowed a league-high 88.6 explosive rushing yards per game.
Trust = spike production for that player
Quarterback
Jayden Daniels: Entering last week questionable due to a rib injury, Daniels added to his rookie of the year campaign on Sunday.
Daniels completed a season-low 55.3% of his passes against the Bears, but he threw for a season-high 326 yards, punctuated by a game-winning Hail Mary that traveled 64 yards in the air.
Daniels is the QB5 in fantasy points per game (20.5) through eight weeks, closing six of his seven full games as a QB1 scorer.
That week outside of the top 12 was when these teams played back in Week 2.
Daniels completed 79.3% (23-of-29) of his passes in that game with 44 yards rushing, but Washington failed to score a touchdown despite not punting or turning the ball over.
If Washington repeats anything close to that production, he will be a good bet to find the end zone in the rematch.
Go right back to Daniels as a front-end QB1 for fantasy.
The Giants are predicated on pressuring the passer, but their pass defense has struggled when they do not get to the quarterback.
Without pressure, the Giants have allowed a league-high 83.2% completion percentage with 8.8 yards per pass attempt (31st).
When they did not pressure Daniels in Week 2, he was 21-of-25 for 8.0 Y/A.
The Giants are 24th in passing points allowed per attempt (0.462).
Daniel Jones: Jones ended Week 8 as QB32 (6.7 points), his third straight week as the QB24 or lower in scoring.
Jones has not thrown a touchdown pass since Week 5 and has gone without a touchdown pass in 5-of-8 games this season.
Jones was the QB6 (18.3 points) when these teams played in Week 2.
He only threw for 178 yards and 6.4 yards per pass attempt, but he threw a pair of touchdowns and added 32 rushing yards.
We have not been able to pick on this Washington defense as much as we thought at the season's opening.
They have not allowed a QB1 scorer since Week 3, while the past five quarterbacks they have faced have scored below their average fantasy output entering the matchup.
They have faced a lighter schedule, but that also includes Lamar Jackson.
If anything, that makes them a more challenging mark to circle for streaming matchups.
A part of their turnaround is that Washington has led the NFL in pressure rate since Week 4 (46.6%), after a 30.5% rate before (22nd).
On Sunday, they pressured Caleb Williams on a league-high 64.5% of his dropbacks.
Pressure remains a big deal for Jones and this offensive line without Andrew Thomas.
He has 72 dropbacks without Thomas on the field and has been pressured on 52.8%.
Jones has completed 45.7% of his passes for 4.8 Y/A when pressured this season.
He succeeded in this matchup, and added a rushing component to boost his fantasy outcome, but Jones is a QB2 for fantasy.
Running Back
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