The Giants.com crew is presented with four statements and must decide whether they are Fact or Fiction.
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. will have more yards from scrimmage than WR Malik Nabers on Sunday.
John Schmeelk: Fact – The Giants showed last week in the first half that if they see an opportunity to run the football, they will take it and do it again and again. One of the few teams with a worse run defense than the Commanders this year is the Carolina Panthers. The Giants will pound it with Tyrone Tracy Jr. until they don't have to any longer. Jaycee Horn is also a top cornerback, and he could give Malik Nabers some issues.
Dan Salomone: Fiction – Nabers has not posted a 100-yard game since Week 4, and that seems just a little too long for the sixth overall pick. He is due for a reminder of what we saw in the first quarter of the season.
Matt Citak: Fact – Nabers is due for a breakout game, but I'm going with Tracy on this one. In the five games since he's taken over as the Giants' lead back, Tracy has topped 100 yards from scrimmage three times, including 150 total yards of offense against the Steelers' top-ranked defense. Nabers is likely to see plenty of Jaycee Horn and Michael Jackson in coverage, with the two cornerbacks coming off a game in which they each allowed zero receptions as the nearest defender. Oh yeah, the Panthers are also allowing a league-high 159.3 rushing yards per game. This could be another game with over 100 yards for the rookie running back.
WR Malik Nabers will finish the season with more yards from scrimmage than RB Tyrone Tracy Jr.
John Schmeelk: Fact – Malik Nabers has gotten a lot of targets each game, but he hasn't been racking up as many explosive plays as his physical profile might dictate. I think as the season goes along, he is going to start turning more of those short catches into big plays and gain more yards the rest of the season than Tracy. This could go down to the wire and be determined by whether either player misses any games due to injury.
Dan Salomone: Fiction – They are separated by one yard right now, with Tracy ahead 558-557. The Giants may have found a gem in the fifth-rounder, who has been stuffed behind the line of scrimmage just three times on 89 rushing attempts this season and never more than once in a game. Meanwhile, he is averaging 5.0 yards per carry.
Matt Citak: Fact – Nabers had two games with more than 100 receiving yards before Tracy did it for the first time. A concussion then sidelined the receiver for two games, and in the three weeks since, Nabers has been targeted 32 times. While these targets have led to only 171 yards, that sort of target share should yield a much higher yardage total moving forward. Nabers' early breakout also led to defenses keying in on him more in recent weeks, which in turn has resulted in Daniel Jones spreading the ball around a little more when it comes to deep passes. It shouldn't be long before Nabers is catching passes deep down the field again, which will help him finish with more yards from scrimmage than Tracy, who I also expect to have a strong second half of the season.
The Giants will force multiple turnovers, including their first interception since Week 1, in Germany.
John Schmeelk: Fact – The Panthers are tied for the third-most turnovers in the NFL this season with 15. Twelve of those giveaways are interceptions. Both Bryce Young and Andy Dalton have started six games this season, and both players have six interceptions. They will put the ball into danger and the Giants should be able to take advantage of that with a couple of picks.
Dan Salomone: Fiction – Somehow, for all the havoc they have created for quarterbacks this season, the defense has just seven takeaways, including only one interception. And that was from linebacker Darius Muasau, a rookie sixth-round pick, in the season opener.
Matt Citak: Fact – The Giants haven't had multiple defensive takeaways in a game since their Week 3 win over the Browns, and in their six games since, the unit has just three total turnovers. However, a matchup with the Panthers could help remedy this. Carolina's offense has turned the ball over 15 times, which is tied for the third-most in the NFL, including four games with multiple turnovers in the last five weeks. The Giants will make it five out of the last six with multiple turnovers for the Panthers.
A Giants tight end will score a touchdown in Week 10.
John Schmeelk: Fiction – I expect the Giants will get the ball into the end zone a few times on Sunday, but the majority will come on the ground. If they score through the air, I expect a few big plays from the wide receiver position rather than the tight ends. Keep an eye on Wan'Dale Robinson and then either Darius Slayton or Jalin Hyatt as potential targets with Malik Nabers getting covered by Jaycee Horn.
Dan Salomone: Fact – A tight end found the end zone in the Giants' last trip to Europe. It was Daniel Bellinger on a two-yard … run. So, obviously, that trend will continue.
Matt Citak: Fact – Daniel Jones threw two touchdown passes against the Commanders last week, both of which went to tight ends. This originally had me leaning towards "fiction" for my answer. However, the Panthers have surrendered seven receiving touchdowns to tight ends on the season, the most in the league, while their 571 receiving yards to the position ranks as the fourth-most. Whether it's Theo Johnson or Chris Manhertz for the second straight week, or Daniel Bellinger for the first time this year, I do not know. But a Giants tight end will get into the end zone in Munich this Sunday.
View photos from the New York Giants' previous regular-season trips to Europe, where they are 3-0.
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