The Washington Commanders’ hopes of saving the season will grow or die on Thursday night against the New York Giants. They lost on Sunday at home against the L.A. Rams in a game they could have won, and now sit at 2-5-1 for the season. That’s a terrible record, but not so terrible in a weak NFC East. Adam Peters didn’t sell off at the trade deadline, and Dan Quinn is all in to try to save his head coaching career with an improbable run.
The Washington Commanders will be getting Treylon Burks back
this week after missing the Rams game with a foot injury. He joins veterans Stefon Diggs and Van Jefferson along with rookie Antonio Williams. Luke McCaffrey will also be active, but his one catch last week isn’t moving the needle. Rookie Jaden Bradley also had a catch vs the Rams, but might not get elevated from the practice squad again with Burks back in the lineup.
The Commanders running backs continue to struggle, but the lineup should be the same from last week. Rachaad White and Austin Ekeler continue to be the lead backs, with UDFA rookie Robert Henry active for his first NFL game vs the Rams. White led the team in rushing last week (28 yards) with Ekeler and Jayden Daniels each adding 16 more. The Giants defense is allowing 123.6 yards per game so far this season, while Washington is averaging 118.3 yards per game on the ground. Can they pick it up this week with Nick Allegretti back at center?
This game’s 41.5 O/U is low and doesn’t show much faith in either offense. J.J. McCarthy vs Jayden Daniels in primetime doesn’t look like it will be a high-scoring affair, but our predictions this week diverge here. Scott Bair and I both have Washington coming out of the bowels of New Jersey with a win, but I’m taking the under here, and still might be too high if we’re being honest. Bair sees an offensive explosion from Washington(or a few pick-sixes?).
We’ve got some prop bets from FanDuel Sportsbook for Week 10’s game that will be fun to follow.
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Any time TD scorer
Rachaad White +170
Stefon Diggs +250
Jayden Daniels +270
Austin Ekeler +320
Treylon Burks +360
Chig Okonkwo +390
Antonio Williams +410
Washington D/ST +750
Van Jefferson +850
Luke McCaffrey +1300
Jaden Bradley +1300
John Bates +1400
Robert Henry +2000
Colson Yankoff +2200
Ben Sinnott +2200
Prediction: Jayden Daniels —-> Van Jefferson all day.
Jayden Daniels TD passes thrown
Over 1.5 +168
Under 1.5 -230
Prediction: JD5 gets two through the air this week.
Jayden Daniels passing yards
Over 202.5 -114
Under 202.5 -114
Prediction: Jayden gets the over again.
Receiving yards
Stefon Diggs
Over 40.5 -114
Under 40.5 -114
Antonio Williams
Over 40.5 -114
Under 40.5 -114
Chig Okonkwo
Over 34.5 -114
Under 34.5 -114
Rachaad White
Over 12.5 -114
Under 12.5 -114
Austin Ekeler
Over 9.5 -114
Under 9.5 -114
Prediction: Under. Over. Over. Under. Under. Where are my Van Jefferson stats? Over.
Rushing Yards
Jayden Daniels
Over 37.5 -114
Under 37.5 -114
Rachaad White
Over 37.5 -114
Under 37.5 -114
Austin Ekeler
Over 29.5 -114
Under 29.5 -114
Bet: Under. Over. Under. White barely gets the over as Washington’s running game continues to struggle.
Game Prediction
FanDuel Odds: Washington +1.5 , 41.5 O/U
Commanders +114
Giants -134
Predictions
Scott Jennings: Washington 23 – New York 17
Scott Bair: Washington 31- New York 24
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