Giants-Ravens Week 6 Preview
The 4-1 New York Giants will take on the 3-2 Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in Week 6.
The Giants are coming off a 27-22 comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers in London, while the Ravens are fresh off an exciting, 19-17 Sunday night victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Here are notes and stats for players from both teams ahead of the Week 6 showdown.
Giants
*QB Daniel Jones completed 21 of 27 atts. (77.8 pct.) for 217 yards & 100.2 rating in Week 5. Has 0 INTs in 5 of his past 6 home starts. Passed for 252 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 84.6 rating in last meeting. Aims for his 4th in row with 35+ rush yards.
*RB Saquon Barkley had 106 scrimmage yards (70 rush, 36 rec.) & 3rd rush TD of season last week. Leads NFL with 676 scrimmage yards in 2022 & is 1 of 2 (Nick Chubb) with 85 scrimmage yards in each of 1st 5 weeks. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with 125+ scrimmage yards.
*RB Gary Brightwell & TE Daniel Bellinger each had 1st-career rush TD last week.
*WR Darius Slayton led team with 6 receptions & 79 rec. yards in Week 5.
*WR Richie James has 4+ catches in 2 of his 3 home games this season.
*S Julian Love had 6 tackles & 10th-career TFL last week. Has 7+ tackles in 2 of his past 3 at home.
*S Xavier McKinney had PD in Week 5. Has 4 PD in his past 4. Has 5+ tackles & PD in 2 of his past 3 at home.
*DL Dexter Lawrence had sack in Week 5 & aims for his 3rd in row with sack. Aims for his 5th in row with 5+ tackles. Had 5 tackles in last meeting.
*LB Kayvon Thibodeaux had 2 PD last week & is 1 of 2 rookie LBs (Devin Lloyd) with 3+ PD (3) in 2022.
*LB Tae Crowder aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. Has 5+ tackles in 9 of his past 10 at home. Had 8 tackles in last meeting.
*LB Oshane Ximines had sack & 1st-career FF in Week 5.
*CB Adoree' Jackson aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. Has 16 tackles in 2 games vs. Bal.
Ravens
QB Lamar Jackson aims for 5th in row with 55+ rush yards. Leads QBs with 374 rush yards this season. Completed 17 of 26 atts (65.4 pct.) for 183 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 111.5 rating & rushed for 80 yards in last meeting. Has 10 TDs (7 pass, 3 rush) vs. 2 INTs with 103.2 rating & 335 rush yards (83.8 per game) in 4 career starts vs. NFC East. Has 3+ TD passes in each of 1st 2 road games this season.
RB J.K. Dobbins rushed for 77 yards & TD in last meeting.
RB Kenyan Drake had 100 scrimmage yards (70 rec., 30 rush) & 6 catches in his last game vs. NYG (11/7/21 w/ LV). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with 90+ scrimmage yards.
TE Mark Andrews led team with 8 catches for 89 yards & TD last week. Has 8+ catches, 85+ rec. yards & TD catch in 3 of past 4. Had 6 catches for 76 yards in last meeting. Aims for his 10th in row on road with 50+ rec. yards. Leads all TEs with 349 rec. yards, ranks 2nd with 4 rec. TDs & ranks 3rd with 32 catches in 2022.
WR Devin Duvernay aims for 3rd in row with 50+ rec. yards. Has TD catch in each of 1st 2 road games this season.
WR Rashod Bateman has 55+ rec. yards in 3 of his 4 games this season.
CB Marcus Peters had 5 tackles, PD & 1st sack of season last week. Has PD in each of his 4 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with INT.
CB Marlon Humphrey has INT in 2 of past 3. Had 6 tackles & 3 PD in last meeting.
LB Patrick Queen tied for team lead with 7 tackles & had 1st INT of season last week. Aims for 6th in row with 5+ tackles. Has PD in 2 of past 3.
LB Jason Pierre-Paul had 2 PD & 1st sack of season in Week 5. Totaled 87 TFL, 58.5 sacks & 13 FFs in 8 seasons with NYG (2010-17).
Receivers embody 'next man up' mentality
Before they took the field to face the Green Bay Packers last Sunday in London, the unlikely quartet wearing Giants uniforms came together for a positional pep talk.
"You kind of look around and say, 'It's just the four of us,' said Darius Slayton. "'It's all we got. But at the same time, it's all we got, but it's all we need.' So, I think it's just having that confidence and knowing all the guys out there can get the job done."
That's exactly what they did. The improbable foursome of Richie James, David Sills, Marcus Johnson and Slayton combined for 13 of the Giants' 21 catches and 142 of their 217 receiving yards in the team's 27-22 victory against the Packers.
As recently as three weeks ago, the odds of that group being active together and exclusively were astronomical. But then Sterling Shepard suffered a season-ending torn ACL, Kenny Golladay hurt his knee and Kadarius Toney sustained a second hamstring injury, forcing all of them to join rookie Wan'Dale Robinson on the sideline.
But the unheralded players who replaced them were undaunted.
"All the receivers came, and we were like, 'Look, it's us, nobody's giving us a chance,'" Johnson said. "Not only are they not giving us as a team a chance, but they're looking at the receiver room like, 'Ain't no way this is going to cut it.' It's cool. That's what life is, proving people wrong. And that's what we went out there and did."
