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Giants news, 10/14: Thibodeaux praises Bowen, Dexter Lawrence, Cam Skattebo, more headlines

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From Big Blue View

Other Giant observations

Giants need to embrace Dexter Lawrence’s unfamiliar success message after Eagles statement | New York Post

“Dex talked to us after that game about handling success and not shying away from it.” The Giants did not handle success the right way the first time around this season. Can they do better this time after a rousing victory?

Andrew Thomas: Focus is on winning consistently

Giants’ offensive line bullied Eagles, highlighting what looks like emerging strength | The Athletic

After playing the first half in Week 3, Thomas has played 100 percent of the offensive snaps in the three ensuing games. It’s probably no coincidence, then, that those were the Giants’ three best rushing games of the season, not only by total rushing yards but by success rate, as well.

According to TruMedia, the Giants’ rushing success rate — a metric that measures how often an offense is generating positive plays based on down and distance — in the past three games has been 48.4 percent, 50 percent and 41.5 percent. The league average entering “Sunday Night Football” was 40 percent. By a more traditional measure, the Giants have been the second-best running team in football from Weeks 4-6 — again, entering SNF — piling up more yards on the ground (469) than any team but the Panthers.

Cam Skattebo nominated for FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Week | Giants.com

The rookie running back carried the ball 19 times for 98 yards and an impressive three touchdowns in the Giants’ Week 6 victory over the Eagles while adding two receptions for an additional 12 yards. Skattebo became the second rookie running back in franchise history to rush for three touchdowns in a game, joining Charlie Evans, who ran for three touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers back in 1971. Skattebo is the first rookie running back to rush for three scores in a game since Washington’s Antonio Gibson did so in 2020.

How Cam Skattebo is living up to a legacy with one angry play at a time with NY Giants | The Record

Cam Skattebo has brought a legacy to the New York Giants that he has established by inflicting punishment on the football field.

Before Skattebo earned the “Angry Runs” scepter from NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt with his preferred physicality in a pair of plays from his NFL debut, you should go back and revisit the most memorable run of his career to this point – one he chases every time he puts on a helmet and steps between the lines.

Giants now can believe each week that they have a chance to win | New York Daily News

The Giants’ Week 6 win over the Philadelphia Eagles was bigger than one result. Not because it guaranteed anything more. It didn’t. What the Giants’ victory over the Eagles did, however, is allow Brian Daboll‘s team and the fan base to believe.

For the first time since 2022, the Giants’ players, staff and fans now can look at each of the team’s upcoming games and come up with realistic scenarios about how the Giants might win each one. The Broncos? They nearly just lost to the Jets. Their offense is far from perfect. The Giants defense can exploit that. The Eagles in a South Philadelphia rematch? The Giants already beat them once. Why not again? The 49ers in a visit to MetLife Stadium? Nick Bosa and Fred Warner are out of for the year. Bring it on.

Wan’Dale Robinson on learning to play with Jaxson Dart

Giants’ Jaxson Dart, Abdul Carter leaders for Offensive, Defensive Rookie of the Year awards | New York Post

No. 3 pick Abdul Carter is the favorite to win Defensive Rookie of the Year with +175 odds at FanDuel. Dart opened the season at +2500 to win the award and was +650 before Thursday’s game. As of Monday afternoon, Dart is +100 to win OROY ahead of Buccaneers receiver Emeka Egbuka (+450), Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (+450) and Colts tight end Tyler Warren (+750).

EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux, New York Giants. Possible Fits: 49ers, Lions, Buccaneers, Chiefs. The Giants have seen a spark since turning to Jaxson Dart, but at 2-4 — and with the fifth-hardest remaining schedule prior to Week 6 — their playoff odds are slim to none. New York felt comfortable enough to pick up Thibodeaux’s fifth-year option, but keeping him around in the long term with Abdul Carter and Brian Burns probably isn’t the shrewdest. The former fifth overall pick would have plenty of fans around the league.

T Jermaine Eluemunor, New York Giants Possible Fits: Chargers, Buccaneers, Packers. Eluemunor has quietly developed into a solid pass-protecting right tackle. Through Week 6, he’s notched a 71.0-plus PFF pass-blocking grade in each of his two seasons with the Giants, allowing just six sacks on 760 opportunities. The Giants may not want to detract from Dart’s development by removing his starting right tackle — but if the framework is there for a deal for the soon-to-be free agent, it could be too tempting to turn down. The Chargers, Buccaneers and Packers have all been besieged by injuries to tackles this year and could particularly use assistance at right tackle.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio said the league has initiated an investigation. If the Giants are hit with a fine, it would not be the first time. In 2017, the Seattle Seahawks were fined $100,000 after Russell Wilson went back into a game without the full concussion evaluation being finished.

“The NFL is taking this very seriously,” Florio said. “No one is allowed in the tent. Coaches and players can’t go in. Running back Cam Skattebo actually went inside during the concussion evaluation of Jaxson Dart. The league called the NFL Players Association the next morning to start a joint review. There will be interviews of all relevant medical staff, coaches and players. The Giants face a potential fine and also the possibility of the loss of a draft pick, depending upon how this all shakes out.”

What I’m Hearing on A.J. Brown’s future, J.J. McCarthy’s status and MetLife turf | The Athletic

According to the league’s injury data, MetLife doesn’t fit the villain label. In 2024, the field ranked ninth-best when it came to lower-extremity injuries, according to that data. And for visiting players, who are typically more vulnerable on unfamiliar surfaces, MetLife actually graded out first, safest in the NFL.

This week’s opponent

NFL Week 6: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game | ESPN.com

How did the Broncos manage to keep this game on a razor’s edge? Let them count the ways on the flight home from London. The Broncos fumbled on their first possession, had a cascade of penalties on offense — including a holding penalty in their own end zone that resulted in a third-quarter safety — and allowed two massive kickoff returns, including a 72-yarder. Add it all up and it almost negated one of the best defensive performances in the league this season that included nine sacks and holding the Jets to minus-11 passing yards. Broncos coach Sean Payton said he believed the offense would find its identity soon, but they certainly didn’t find it in north London.

The Broncos have produced 14 explosive plays this season — only six teams in the league have fewer. Quarterback Bo Nix and the offense have gone three-and-out on 37-.3 percent of their offensive possessions, a worse rate than all but seven teams. Denver is 24th in third-down success (36.6 percent), 31st in offensive penalty yards (219) and 16th in turnovers (seven). Nix ranks 26th among 34 qualified quarterbacks in passing yards per attempt (6.2).

Denver is averaging five sacks a game this year, which puts the Denver D on pace to finish this season with 85 sacks in 17 games. That would shatter the current NFL record of 72 sacks, set by the Bears in 1984.

The Broncos’ pass rush is led by Nick Bonitto, who has an NFL-high eight sacks this season. That puts him on pace to finish the season with 22.5 sacks, which would tie the NFL record, set by Michael Strahan in 2001 and tied by T.J. Watt in 2021.