The New York Giants will once again enter the weekend as underdogs and try to emerge from it with an upset victory. The Giants will face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday on the heels of a comeback win over defensive coordinator Wink Martindale’s former squad, the Baltimore Ravens. Martindale and his defense have their sights set on a Jaguars team that started the campaign strong, but has now lost three games in a row.
There are some weapons on this Jags team to keep an eye on. The Giants will have to shut them down if they want to make it easier on themselves this week and avoid having to overcome a big deficit in the second half like they did in their last two wins. With that said, here are four players for the NY defense to focus on.
4. QB Trevor Lawrence
Lawrence, the second-year QB out of Clemson, had somewhat of a bounce-back performance last week in the Jags’ 34-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
The 23-year-old QB was 20-22 (90.9 percent) for 165 yards, a touchdown and a 113.1 passer rating. He also ran six times for 23 yards and two touchdowns. Lawrence was sacked four times, though, the second time that’s happened in the last three weeks.
He’s not a QB that strikes deep fear into your heart on each passing down, or makes you lose sleep for weeks over being a matchup nightmare like Lamar Jackson does, but he still has the raw skills to be able to hurt you if unchecked.
Lawrence had a two-interception game against the 1-3-1 Houston Texans and four fumbles in the Jags’ rainy loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe the Giants can build off of last week’s performance and pile up another couple of turnovers this week.