Game Preview - Week 5: New York Jets at New York Giants

New York Giants: The sudden resurgence of the Giants defense came to a climax last week sacking Donovan McNabb 12 times to tie an NFL record… six coming from defensive end Osi Umenyiora. Now, if Eli Manning can turn around is inconsistent play, the Giants may have something. Manning does have 7 TD tosses but his completion rate is below 60% and carries a mediocre passer rating of 82. If Manning starts out shaky, the Giants should be able to run the ball with Derrick Ward (or Brandon Jacobs) against a Jets defense that is giving up one rushing touchdown per game and made Ronnie Brown (211 yds) look like the second-coming of Marshall Faulk in Week 3.

Start: QB Eli Manning (shoulder), WR Plaxico Burress, TE Jeremy Shockey, RB Derrick Ward
Consider: WR Amani Toomer, Giants D/ST
Sit: RB Brandon Jacobs, WR Steve Smith

New York Jets: Big things were expected by a lot of fantasy folk (your truly included) from Thomas Jones last week. But coming off a 100+ yard perfomance in Week 3 against Miami, Jones laid an egg against the porous rush defense of the Bills. A good matchup gone bad. After witnessing the sack-display by the Giants the Jets will likely try to establish Jones early but risk falling behind if the running game fails again. Chad Pennington should find some moderate success against a mediocre secondary but it will be too little, too late.

Start: WR Laveranues Coles, WR Jerricho Cotchery
Consider: QB Chad Pennington, RB Thomas Jones
Sit: RB Leon Washington, TE Chris Baker

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New York Jets
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 8	Chad Pennington	Pass: 235, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 27	Thomas Jones	Rush: 75, 0 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 42	Leon Washington	Rush: 15, 0 Rec: 4-25, 0
WR 11	Laveranues Coles	Rec: 7-90, 1
WR 18	Jerricho Cotchery	Rec: 5-70, 1
WR 75	Justin McCareins	Rec: 1-10, 0
TE 25	Chris Baker	Rec: 1-15, 0

New York Giants
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 13	Eli Manning	Pass: 230, 1 Rush: 5, 0
RB 16	Brandon Jacobs	Rush: 70, 1 Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 32	Derrick Ward	Rush: 40, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 6	Plaxico Burress	Rec: 6-95, 1
WR 38	Amani Toomer	Rec: 4-45, 0
TE 8	Jeremy Shockey	Rec: 3-40, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New York Jets
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NE	H	L 14-38	-24
2	2007-09-16	BAL	A	L 13-20	-7
3	2007-09-23	MIA	H	W 31-28	+3
4	2007-09-30	BUF	A	L 14-17	-3
5	2007-10-07	NYG	A	L 24-35	-11
6	2007-10-14	PHI	H
7	2007-10-21	CIN	A
8	2007-10-28	BUF	H
9	2007-11-04	WAS	H
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	PIT	H
12	2007-11-22	DAL	A
13	2007-12-02	MIA	A
14	2007-12-09	CLE	H
15	2007-12-16	NE	A
16	2007-12-23	TEN	A
17	2007-12-30	KC	H

New York Giants
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DAL	A	L 35-45	-10
2	2007-09-16	GB	H	L 13-35	-22
3	2007-09-23	WAS	A	W 24-17	+7
4	2007-09-30	PHI	H	W 16-3	+13
5	2007-10-07	NYJ	H	W 35-24	+11
6	2007-10-15	ATL	A
7	2007-10-21	SF	H
8	2007-10-28	MIA	A
9		Bye
10	2007-11-11	DAL	H
11	2007-11-18	DET	A
12	2007-11-25	MIN	H
13	2007-12-02	CHI	A
14	2007-12-09	PHI	A
15	2007-12-16	WAS	H
16	2007-12-23	BUF	A
17	2007-12-29	NE	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Offense	NYG Offense	NFL Average
Points for	18.0	22.0	21.1
Rushing yards	82.5	99.3	113.7
Rushing yards per attempt	3.20	4.18	4.14
Completion %	67.4%	57.5%	62.3%
Passing yards	200.8	223.3	215.4
Passing yards per completion	9.23	10.63	10.69
Passing yards per attempt	6.22	6.12	6.66
Interceptions	1.0	1.3	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.5	0.8
Sacked	2.8	1.5	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2007 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Defense	NYG Defense	NFL Average
Points against	25.8	25.0	21.1
Rushing yards	112.5	105.3	113.7
Rushing yards per attempt	3.69	3.86	4.14
Completion %	70.9%	59.1%	62.3%
Passing yards	253.0	218.8	215.4
Passing yards per completion	11.24	11.67	10.69
Passing yards per attempt	7.97	6.89	6.66
INT return	0.5	0.5	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.3	0.8	0.8
Sacks	0.8	4.0	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

New York Jets vs. New York Giants
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2003	9	2003-11-02	NYG	NYJ	31-28	NYG

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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