Live Updates: Packers-Giants on ‘Monday Night Football’
The Green Bay Packers have won three consecutive games. The New York Giants have won two in a row and are coming off their bye? This Monday Night Football game, who will win? Follow along all night for updates.
Big Test for Left Tackle Rotation
For a significant portion of the season, the Packers have been alternating their left tackles, with veteran Yosh Nijman receiving some playing time in addition to Rasheed Walker, who starts.
Does coach Matt LaFleur have to rethink that plan against Giants star Kayvon Thibodeaux, who ranks among the NFL leaders with 11 sacks.
“Not necessarily,” LaFleur said. “Pass-rushers, in my opinion, have an instinctive sense of linemen. When they face different ones, it can throw them off a little bit, too. Clearly a fantastic player, Thibodeaux is someone we must make sure we look out for and do everything in our power to keep him from ruining the game. He can be a real game-wrecker.”
The Quarterbacks
Packers quarterback Jordan Love has four games of three-plus touchdown passes and 100-plus passer ratings this season. Only Dallas’ Dak Prescott (five) has more.
Since Week 9, he’s second in touchdown passes, third in yards and fourth in passer rating.
Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito, an undrafted rookie from Illinois, won two of his first three starts. Going back to 1967, that’s the second-most; Pittsburgh’s Devlin Hodges and Washington’s Ed Rubbert are the only players to win their first three starts.
He’s played in five games. His debut was a disaster – 2-of-7 for minus-1 yard in a 13-10 loss to the Jets. The next week, a 30-6 loss to the Raiders, he threw two interceptions. In his first career start, a 49-17 loss to the Cowboys, he was 14-of-27 passing for just 86 yards.
However, like with Love, he enters the game on a bit of a roll.
“It’s kind of a tale of two different guys,” defensive coordinator Joe Barry said. “I know as of late, he played fairly well and found a way to win games vs. Washington and vs. New England. This league is crazy. You’ve got to come to work every single day and prepare.
“I tell you guys all the time, you have starters and you have starters in waiting, and we preach it all the time. Those guys take advantage of their opportunities and this kid, he’s done some good things. He’s battled, he’s fought, he’s just found ways to win games, at least the last two weeks.”
Packers-Giants Inactives
Four key players are out for the Packers, including running back Aaron Jones, who will miss a third consecutive game with a knee injury. AJ Dillon will start, Patrick Taylor will be the backup and veteran Kenyan Drake will make his Packers debut.