NY Giants 2021 schedule: Game-by-game predictions
Week 2: at Washington Football Team, Thursday Night Football
The NY Giants get a short week, leading into the first appearance on prime time of the 2021 NFL season, against the defending NFC East champions.
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, that once again the NY Giants have shorter rest than their opponent (Washington kicks off at 1 p.m. the previous week), as that has been a trend over the past decade.
While the NY Giants have plenty of firepower, the offensive line remains a concern, which is troubling when staring across the line of scrimmage at arguably the most dominant and disruptive front-seven in the NFL.
Points could be at a premium in this game, but it feels like the kind of old-school NFC East game that defined the division for decades, where the winner up front winds up winning on the scoreboard. Washington is just better in that regard, at the moment.