NY Giants (1-2) @ Washington Redskins (1-2) Thread

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An NFC East matchup televised live on the NFL Network... (by dhubermex)

Kirk Cousins gets his second start, subbing in for an injured Robert Griffin III, who NFL.com revealed Thursday may be relegated to relief duty once he is healthy.

Cousins is 52-for-81 (64.2% completion percentage) with 5 Touchdown passes against only 1 Interception this season.

For those who keep up with the NFL, the Redskins came close to trading Cousins to the St. Louis Rams during the pre-season but wisely held out for a 1st round draft pick from St. Louis, which the Rams were unwilling to part with. The decision to hold on to Cousins was wise in hindsight, as Griffin III has been prone to injury and comically resembles a pinball when he gets bounced around by defenders.

The 'Skins defeated the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars 41-10 in Week 2, then fell to division rival Philadelphia Eagles last week in a thrilling 37-34 loss. They also lost their season opener against the Houston Texans 17-6 in a game which Griffin III, a Baylor (Texas) University prodigy, put up anemic numbers.

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The NY Giants are coming off a must-have victory over the Houston Texans last week, in which QB Eli Manning (65-for-100 with 5 Touchdowns and 4 Interceptions in 2014), along with Wide Receiver Victor Cruz, were able to top their AFC South opponent by a score of 30-17.

The Giants were 0-2 before last week, losing to the Detroit Lions 35-14 in their season opener then getting bested by the Arizona Cardinals 25-14 in their home opener.

Eli Manning is future first-ballot Hall of Famer Peyton Manning's younger brother by five years, and has not received near the amount of respect among analysts as Peyton despite having twice as many Super Bowl rings (two).

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Both teams are in desperate need of their first NFC East victory, the Redskins more-so considering they are at home and already have one division loss against the Eagles.

Kickoff is set for 8:25pm Eastern Time on the NFL Network.

NFC East Standings

Philadelphia Eagles: 3-0 (1-0 DIV)
Dallas Cowboys: 2-1 (0-0 DIV)
New York Giants: 1-2 (0-0 DIV)
Washington Redskins: 1-2 (0-1 DIV)

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LOL if Giants don't beat this Redskins team at home for TNF

I have two Fanduel lineups with Pierre Garcon who crushed it last week! That's the only player that I have in tonight's game, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people have Cousins as there QB.

Yeah, I'm thinking RG3 is now the backup when he gets healthy.

Here's one of my teams:

Andrew Luck
TEN @ IND 1:00pm
$9800
SALARY
5.2%OWNED
RB
Donald Brown
JAC @ SD 4:05pm
$6300
SALARY
24.9%OWNED
RB
Lamar Miller
MIA @ OAK 1:00pm
$6900
SALARY
14.7%OWNED
WR
Keenan Allen
JAC @ SD 4:05pm
$6700
SALARY
7.2%OWNED
WR
Pierre Garcon
NYG 0 @ WAS 0 1st
$7300
SALARY
27.2%OWNED
0
WR
Jordan Matthews
PHI @ SF 4:25pm
$6600
SALARY
1.3%OWNED
TE
Antonio Gates
JAC @ SD 4:05pm
$5800
SALARY
14.7%OWNED
K
Adam Vinatieri
TEN @ IND 1:00pm
$5300
SALARY
6.3%OWNED
D
San Diego Chargers
JAC @ SD 4:05pm
$5300
SALARY
23.4%OWNED

Solid lineup, Tyson!

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1st Quarter -- 6:00 Remaining

GIANTS 7 , REDSKINS 0

Eli Manning threw a 5-yard Touchdown pass to Larry Donnell for the Gaints' first score following a turnover by the Redskins offense caused by a strip-sack.

The Giants currently have the ball on their own 20-yard line.

2nd Quarter -- 14:14 Remaining

GIANTS 14 , REDSKINS 0

Eli Manning has thrown his second Touchdown pass to Larry Donnell (this time 6-yards).

First impressions so far is that the Redskins are unable to stop the Giants' offensive attack while not being able to do anything when they have the ball.

Cousins is being plagued by poor offensive line blocking, but is also flushing himself out of the pocket prematurely (likely because he's wary of the Giants' defensive rush). The 'Skins have also run a number of screen passes already in an attempt to hold off the Giants' rush, but were penalized for offensive holding twice in the 1st Quarter.

2nd Quarter -- 8:50 Remaining

GIANTS 14 , REDSKINS 7

The Redskins just executed an impressive 80-yard drive, capped by an 18-yard Kirk Cousins Touchdown pass to Andre Roberts. Very nice play calling by the Redskins coaching staff to exploit the Giants' blitz attempts.

3rd Quarter -- 4:19 Remaining

GIANTS 31 , REDSKINS 14

I've missed the last hour (kids called to say they wanted to stay here tonight since no school tomorrow). Eli Manning has thrown four Touchdown receptions tonight (3 to Larry Donnell) while Kirk Cousins has two interceptions so far in the 3rd Quarter.

FINAL

GIANTS 45 , REDSKINS 14

Supremely dominant performance for the New York Giants, who move to 2-2 on the season and will host the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, October 5th.

As for the Washington Redskins, they are now 1-3 with two division losses and a home game against the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Monday, October 6th.

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Wow, it is incredibly easy to use. :)

Signed up for the 50k Sun NFL Dive

Wow Cousins sucked it up bad - 4 interceptions and fumble- I think that's -10 points! Glad I didn't have him on any of my teams but those interceptions killed my receiver Garcon, only had 2 catches!