It?s the biggest game in the history of the Giants-Jets battle for New York as the loser of Saturday?s game is likely out of the playoffs and has to hear the other team brag about owning the city for the entire offseason. Plus Giants coach Tom Coughlin?s job is on the line and Jets coach Rex Ryan?s credibility is at stake.
The Jets hold the final AFC wild-card spot with Cincinnati, Tennessee, Oakland and San Diego lurking, while the Giants need to win the log-jammed NFC East to qualify for the playoffs. They?re one game back of first-place Dallas and one ahead of Philadelphia. Those teams face each other Saturday before the Giants host the Cowboys in Week 17.
Jets QB Mark Sanchez is on a career-best pace for yards and touchdown passes, but he?s completing only 56.9 percent of his passes. The Giants? defense ranks 28th in giving up 385.1 yards per game. New York has lost five of its past six games after a 6-2 start.
Though Giants QB Eli Manning is having one of his best seasons ? completing 61.6 percent of his passes for a career-high 4,362 yards ? he?s thrown 10 interceptions in his last seven games after having just five in his first seven. The Jets? defense ranks seventh against the pass, yielding 205.1 yards per game, but they?ve only come up with three interceptions the past six games after grabbing 13 in their first eight.
The Giants average 3.4 yards per attempt on the ground but have been better of late, averaging 5.2 yards per carry in the past two games. The Jets allow fewer than 4 yards per carry but have been inconsistent at times. The Giants need to pound the rock with Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw to set up their play-action passing game.
WAGERWEB.COM NFL FOOTBALL BETS? Jets -3 (45.5)
RECORD VS. SPREAD ? NY Giants 6-8; NY Jets 6-8
SERIES RECORD ? Giants lead 7-4
LAST MEETING ? Giants beat Jets 35-24, Oct. 7, 2007
LAST WEEK ? Giants lost to Redskins 23-10; Jets lost to Eagles 45-19
GIANTS OFFENSE ? OVERALL (8), RUSH (32), PASS (3)
GIANTS DEFENSE ? OVERALL (28t), RUSH (22), PASS (29)
JETS OFFENSE ? OVERALL (26), RUSH (21), PASS (21)
JETS DEFENSE ? OVERALL (7), RUSH (16), PASS (7)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES ? After week of trash talk, most of it from Jets coach Rex Ryan, teams meet in showdown of New York-area rivals with plenty of playoff implications. If Giants beat Jets and then Dallas next weekend, they win NFC East and return to playoffs for first time since 2008. Two wins will likely clinch Jets a third straight wild-card appearance under Ryan. ? Three players in game have played for both Ryan and Giants coach Tom Coughlin: Jets WR Plaxico Burress and QB Mark Brunell, and Giants P Steve Weatherford. ? Giants have lost five of last six, but have won last four regular-season games against Jets. ? QB Eli Manning has thrown for franchise-record 4,362 yards, and with 25 TDs joined Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Dan Marino and Drew Brees as only QBs with at least 3,000 yards and 20 TDs in seven straight seasons. Manning, who won only other start vs. Jets, has 14 TDs in fourth quarter, tied for most in a season. Also has three 400-yard games, tied for NFL?s single-season mark. ? WR Victor Cruz has 1,194 yards receiving and needs 150 in last two games to top Amani Toomer?s team record set in 2002. ? Hakeem Nicks has 1,096 yards receiving, making him and Cruz the first pair of Giants WRs to have 1,000 yards in same season. ? DE Jason Pierre-Paul has 13? sacks, and at least a half-sack in 10 of 14 games this season. ? Jets looking to improve to 7-1 at home, which would match best mark in team history ? last set in 1998. ? Burress facing Giants for first time since they released him in 2009 after accidentally shooting himself in November 2008. Later served 20 months in prison on gun charge, and signed with Jets less than two months after release. ? QB Mark Sanchez needs 283 yards passing to top career best of 3,291 set last season. ? RB Shonn Greene needs 59 yards rushing to reach 1,000 for the first time in three-year career. Leads AFC with four TDs rushing in December. ? RB LaDainian Tomlinson has 13,599 yards rushing, 64 from passing Jerome Bettis for fifth place on c areer list. ? WR Santonio Holmes has TD catch in four straight games, and he and Burress are only duo from same team in AFC with at least eight TD receptions. ? KR-RB Joe McKnight leads NFL with 32.3 yard kickoff return average, but status was uncertain as he recovers from separated right shoulder and hyperextended right elbow.
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