Giants @ Commanders · Week 5

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Giants beat Commanders, 38-20

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	+9.4	-4.6	+14.0	+6
Commanders	-15.3	+4.0	-19.3	-4

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Giants — NFC #1 · division · 9-0 Playoff picture →

Jaxson Dart

Giants

16/31, 254 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

18/43, 206 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Terry McLaurin

Commanders

4 catches, 89 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jacory Croskey-Merritt has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Terry McLaurin has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Giants 441, Commanders 353 Giants

Through the air Giants 254, Commanders 206 Giants

On the ground Giants 187, Commanders 147 Giants

Pressure Commanders 6 sacks, Giants 1 Commanders

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Balanced Pass 55% · Rush 45% · 36.7 scored, 22.7 allowed

8.3 yds/att 69.0% completions 5.4 yds/carry 388.0 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 7.5% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Malik Nabers WR — 36% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 78 · Efficient Balance 95 Ball security 67 Back usage 40% QB runs 2.8/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 82 WR 81 TE 80 RB 82 OL 81 DL 85 LB 82 DB 82

Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 10 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Giants receivers vs Commanders secondary 81 v 80 EVEN

Commanders receivers vs Giants secondary 86 v 82 COMMANDERS

Giants line vs Commanders front 81 v 81 EVEN

Commanders line vs Giants front 81 v 85 GIANTS

Giants backs vs Commanders run defence 82 v 81 EVEN

Commanders backs vs Giants run defence 80 v 84 GIANTS

Giants passer vs Commanders secondary 82 v 80 EVEN

Commanders passer vs Giants secondary 82 v 82 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 254 pass yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 206 pass yds

Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB Commanders 96 rush yds

Terry McLaurin WR Commanders 89 rec yds

Malik Nabers WR Giants 85 rec yds

Cam Skattebo HB Giants 83 rush yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Giants 73 rush yds

Theo Johnson TE Giants 52 rec yds

Sonny Styles MIKE Commanders 1.5 sacks

Odafe Oweh LEDG Commanders 1.5 sacks

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	16/31	254	3	1	6	47	98

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	18/43	206	1	1	1	72	54.9

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Cam Skattebo HB	8	83	10.4	1	6	51	25
Mike Washington Jr. HB	13	73	5.6	1	3	50	29
Jaxson Dart QB	2	12	6	0	0	0	8
Tyrone Tracy Jr HB	2	11	5.5	0	0	0	6
Patrick Ricard FB	1	8	8	0	0	0	8
Malik Nabers WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	12	96	8	0	3	46	30	1
Jayden Daniels QB	6	27	4.5	0	0	0	7	1
Rachaad White HB	2	24	12	1	1	14	20	0
Stefon Diggs WR	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Terry McLaurin WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Malik Nabers WR	4	85	21.2	1	27	1	47
Theo Johnson TE	4	52	13	0	7	0	24
Malachi Fields WR	4	47	11.8	1	6	0	24
Calvin Austin WR	2	38	19	0	6	1	29
Cam Skattebo HB	2	32	16	1	7	0	19
Patrick Ricard FB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Terry McLaurin WR	4	89	22.2	1	74	1	72
Stefon Diggs WR	5	42	8.4	0	18	0	21
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	2	26	13	0	7	0	18
Ben Sinnott TE	2	21	10.5	0	8	0	13
Antonio Williams WR	1	14	14	0	6	0	14
Jaylin Lane WR	1	10	10	0	3	0	10
Rachaad White HB	1	5	5	0	2	0	5
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	1	1

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Tyler Nubin SS	5	0	0	1	0	4
Abdul Carter LEDG	5	0.5	0	0	0	1
Arvell Reese MIKE	4	0	0	0	1	4
Jevon Holland FS	4	0	0	1	1	2
Shelby Harris DT	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dru Phillips CB	3	0	0	0	0	1
Colton Hood CB	3	0	1	3	0	2
Greg Newsome II CB	3	0	0	1	0	2
Tremaine Edmunds MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ar'Darius Washington FS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Deonte Banks CB	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Burns REDG	0	0.5	0	0	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Mike Sainristil CB	6	0.5	0	0	4
Sonny Styles MIKE	6	1.5	0	0	3
Leo Chenal MIKE	6	0.5	0	0	2
Jer'Zhan Newton DT	4	0	0	0	0
Nick Cross SS	4	0	0	0	3
Rasul Douglas CB	2	0	0	1	1
Daron Payne DT	2	1	0	0	0
Dorance Armstrong LEDG	2	0.5	0	0	0
Frankie Luvu WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Quan Martin FS	2	0.5	0	0	1
Trey Amos CB	1	0	1	0	1
Odafe Oweh LEDG	0	1.5	0	0	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Dominic Zvada K	1/2	5/5	25

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Drew Stevens K	2/3	2/2	50

RECENT FORM

Giants

W 41–21 vs Cardinals WK 4

W 31–0 vs Titans WK 3

W 52–47 vs Rams WK 2

Commanders

L 17–30 vs Colts WK 4

L 11–28 vs Seahawks WK 3

L 28–31 vs Cowboys WK 2

TEAM STATS

Giants		Commanders
441	TOTAL YARDS	353
254	PASSING YARDS	206
187	RUSHING YARDS	147
6	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	6
1	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	1

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

1 GIANTS — 0 COMMANDERS

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