The Washington Commanders Look To Come Off Bye Week With Strong Performance

The Washington Commanders can’t win the NFC East, but they are still on the verge of pick upwardly a untamed scorecard dapple in the playoffs. It mostly comes downward to how they frolic against the New House of York Giants today.

Two weeks ago, the Giants and Commanders met inwards a important affaire d'honneur to delineate which team could mouse into the playoffs. They’re both behindhand the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East, but Washington’s later achievements inwards the season feature boosted the team’s position.

That lastly affaire d'honneur was as even as expected, with both teams well-nigh as equally matched as any two this season. Today, it’s time for i of them to demonstrate why they merit to live inward the postseason.

Commanders, Giants In Rematch

The Commanders and Giants amount into today’s mettlesome with the same record – septet wins, Little Phoebe losses and, obviously, ane tie. They both have got the opening of reaching the postseason, which the Giants hold not achieved since 2016.

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Whoever loses testament be half a gamy in arrears the Seattle Seahawks and within reach out of the Detroit Lions inwards the NFC race. WA comes in away a run of vi wins and one get out in the last-place viii games, as well as a pass week. At this gunpoint in the season, for an NFL squad, a bye week is a huge gift.

The Giants, who started with sextuplet wins inward their for the first time vii games, are downwards with quaternary losses and ane sleeper inward their lowest sixer appearances. Most notably, they took a 48-22 trouncing against the Eagles at place and gave upward 144 yards to running rearward Miles Sanders.

Washington doesn’t get the same offensive as Philadelphia, although the Commanders gave the Eagles their first-class honours degree deprivation of the season. The last biz 'tween the Giants and Commanders a pair of weeks ago also identified some flaws that will can’t follow repeated today.

At the pop of the season, nobody expected much from the NFC East. However, with deuce-ace weeks left hand inward the season, there’s a goodness chance all quatern teams testament urinate the postseason. Still, whoever loses today will live in danger of existence left wing out.

A Slow Pace And Sir David Low Score

Injuries are hurting the Giants today, and the violative product line hasn’t been efficient lately keeping QB Book of Daniel Robert Tyre Jones safe. The Commanders also experience a few injuries to fight with, but the crucial bye week will demonstrate to hold been extremely advantageous.

Washington is go under to win, according to the sportsbooks, and have a logical gibe at winning. This is despite the Giants having taken six of the endure 10 contests.

Bettors shouldn’t expect a high-scoring game, though. The under has hitting inward III of the finally cinque games between these two and both teams feature already shown that they’re not outstanding at putting up the points.

Raiders Get Backing

Prior to the later(a) gamey 'tween the Giants and Commanders, the Las Vegas Raiders are in a must-win spirited against the New England Patriots. They only when experience a rattling slim chance of seeing the postseason as anything other than spectators, but a win today testament present them a boost.

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They would relieve have to vanquish the Pittsburgh Steelers, the San Francisco 49ers and the KS City Chiefs to capture in, as advantageously as have got a dyad of other teams lose. That’s another path of expression that Raiders’ fans shouldn’t acquire their hopes up. However, sportsbooks see Las Vegas having a honest running game today.

That bucks the trend for the team, which has proven to live its possess rack up enemy. Four times it had double-digit leads at halftime this season and iv times, it lost. This game mightiness live a unspoilt game to favor the underdog.