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Be scared Eli Manning Color Rush Jersey , unanimous in picking the 4-8 Giants to defeat the 6-6 Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. on Sunday.Chris Pflum This is one of those games the Giants should win. They’re facing a team on its third string quarterback, missing two starting offensive linemen (and three back-ups), and their third cornerback. The duo of Mark Sanchez and Adrian Peterson is the stuff of Rex Ryan’s dreams... Circa 2010. This is one of those games the Giants should win... But... I still struggle to have any confidence in this Giants’ team to stay out of its own way and win the games they’re supposed to. It’s difficult after watching Nick Mullens and the San Francisco 49ers offense play against them. It’s difficult after watching a an injury-ravaged Eagles’ defense completely shut the Giants’ offense down with a simple defensive adjustment. By NFL standards the Giants are the picture of health this late in the season, and that should give them an edge against a team which has been hit hard of late. Likewise, the Giants have been scoring a lot of points lately — some of it is a mirage, like points off of Odell’s touchdown pass, or defensive touchdowns, or field goals which came from short fields (again, defensive turnovers) — but they have been scoring. And even if it isn’t sustainable, this looks like a game in which they might be able to sustain it for one more week.It’s difficult, but I just flipped a mental coin, and I think I’m going to go there. Final score: Giants 32, Washington 24Season record: 5-7Dan PizzutaBBV Radio Here’s a fun one: by DVOA, the Giants are the best team in the NFC East right now. The Giants are 16th, the Cowboys are 18th, Philly is 19th and Washington is 22nd. There’s not a huge difference between 16th and 22nd and everyone is still below average, but it’s an interesting sight to see. We can also look at why that’s the case and if it can help the Giants against Washington.The Giants are 14th on offense — mostly from big plays — and 24th on defense. Where they really stand out is on special teams, where they rank fourth. A lot of that comes from the value on field goals, where the Giants are third. There’s a catch-22 there, though. They’re getting value on field goals because Alridck Rosas is converting but also because he’s asked to kick a crap-ton (technical measurement) of field goals. A lot of that stems from how the Giants struggle to put the ball in the end zone once they get into scoring range. That won’t be good against a Washington defense that has played its best in that area.How the offense plays will be important because if they can’t score, they’ll let Washington hang in the game because that offense isn’t likely to put up too many points as currently constructed. Mark Sanchez averaged 4.8 yards per attempt and had a QBR of 53.7 on Monday night. It’s hard to see that improving with a short week, an injured offensive line, and not a lot of weapons in the passing game — though I wouldn’t be surprised by a big Josh Doctson game, but I am one who has yet to give up on Josh Doctson’s potential.Still, it’s hard to say that offense is going to do enough to win. Final score:Giants 17 Connor Barwin Color Rush Jersey , Washington 13Season record: 8-4Patricia TrainaThis Washington team is banged up and is fading. This Giants team, meanwhile, is relatively healthy, despite the loss of Landon Collins, and is soaring. And this team’s defense, which let’s face it, has had some struggles with closing out games for most of the year, is facing a heavily banged up Washington offense that will be quarterbacked by Mark Sanchez and which is missing at least two starting offensive linemen (but they do have running back Adrian Peterson, so they at least have that going for their offense).Defensively, OLB Ryan Kerrigan is the new Jason Witten — that NFC East foe who every game is a thorn in the Giants side. Kerrigan has posted multiple sack games in each of his last three meetings against the Giants, though this time around he’ll go againstthe right-side duo of Jamon Brown and Chad Wheeler, both of whom have been contributing to better offensive line play. OK, so what does it all mean for the Giants? On paper they should win this game. They really should. And I think what’s on paper this time will translate to the final results on the field.Final score:Giants 30, Washington 17Season record: 3-9Joe DeLeoneYet again the Giants face another opponent that is vulnerable because of major injuries impacting their roster. Washington has been hit with the injury bug, especially at the quarterback position. The Redskins offense has sputtered tremendously in the last few weeks, with Adrian Peterson being the only glimmer of hope. The Giants defense has another easy matchup and will play similarly to the way they performed against the Bears. This game might not be a barn burner with a big score, but the Giants should put out a good offensive day. You should expect a one score game on Sunday.Final score: Giants 27, Redskins 14Season record: 5-7Kevin HaswellWith the Redskins turning to veteran Mark Sanchez at quarterback this week, this should be one of the easiest wins of the season for Big Blue. The Giants have been on fire since their bye week and I look for that to continue this week against an extremely banged up Redskins team. Look for New York to win by a touchdown on Sunday. Final score: Giants 24, Redskins 17Season record: 6-5Mark SchofieldMark Sanchez.I could stop there, but you get the point. Washington enters this game hamstrung at the quarterback position, and looking likely to be a one-dimensional offense come Sunday. You can expect a very healthy dose of Adrian Peterson come kickoff, as the Redskins look to limit what they need from Sanchez and grind out a victory.If the Giants and their run defense can build off what they did last week they should be in good shape. Last week they limited the Chicago Bears to just 118 yards rushing on 32 attempts, which is an average of 3.6 per carry. That number is an improvement on the 4.4 yards per carry they have allowed on average this season. Facing a much more limited offense, with a third-string quarterback, I’m expecting the Giants and their run defense to get the job done Saquon Barkley Color Rush Jersey , setting the stage for a win.Final score: Giants 28, Redskins 10Season record: 5-7Ed ValentineThis is scary.The Giants are in last place in the NFC East, haven’t won a division game yet this season, are going on the road Sunday and are favored to defeat the Washington Redskins.Thing is, they should be favored. They have won three of four. Washington has lost three straight, has lost two quarterbacks and is down to Mark Sanchez, who wasn’t in the league three weeks ago.The Redskins appear to have little realistic hope of reaching the playoffs despite being only one game out of first place. They already have 17 players on IR.The Giants should win this game. The reality is, though, that the Giants aren’t all that good, and we should never simply assume they are going to win. Especially when Odell Beckham Jr. and Landon Collins won’t be playing. Before Beckham was surprisingly announced as being out I was going to take the Giants. Sadly, I can’t shake the feeling that they are going to find a way to mess this up.Final score: Redskins 16, Giants 10Season record: 6-6[E-mail Ed at bigblueview@gmail.com or via the Big Blue View Contact Page | Follow Big Blue View on Twitter | ‘Like’ Big Blue View on Facebook | Follow Big Blue View on Instagram] EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Four games into his NFL career, New York Giants halfback Saquon Barkley has a good understanding of life in the NFL.The No. 2 overall draft picks knows there are no easy games. There are going to be ups and downs every game, and mistakes usually are going to determine the outcome. All a player can do is to work hard and not get too down when things are going badly.The other thing that’s obvious is losing can’t become a habit.With a 1-3 record heading into Sunday’s game at Carolina against the Panthers (2-1), the Giants need to start winning if they want to have any hope of making the playoffs in coach Pat Shurmur’s first season.“The season is obviously not over,” Barkley said Wednesday. “It’s a long season, but you can’t say: ‘It’s a long season’ forever because you get to a point where you get redundant and you keep saying that, then there’s no chance for you to make the playoffs. Everything that we still want, all of our goals are still in reach. Coach said something perfect today, he said the only thing that we’re not capable of doing this season is an undefeated season.”One thing to expect this weekend is Barkley getting his hands on the ball a lot. He had 10 carries for 44 yards and caught six passes for 56 in the 33-18 loss to the New Orleans Saints last weekend.Shurmur was quick to admit Barkley didn’t get enough touches. Barkley will take the ball any time.“Whatever the team needs me to do, however many touches they need me to do, however many carries they need me to do, however many plays they need me to do, I’m willing to do it,” he said. “It wouldn’t bother me Sterling Shepard Color Rush Jersey , my mind wouldn’t be different, my body wouldn’t be different. At the end of the day you still have to come in here and take care of your body; I’m still going to do that no matter if I touch the ball twice or touch the ball 25 times.”Barkley has had at least 100 total yards from scrimmage in each of his first four games. If he extends the streak to five games Sunday, he will join Adrian Peterson and Kareem Hunt as the only rookies to do that in the NFL’s 99-season history. His 453 total yards are No. 8 in the league.Panthers coach Ron Rivera said he sent Giants general manager Dave Gettleman — his old boss in Carolina — a congratulatory note after New York drafted Barkley.“The young man has tremendous power, speed and talent,” Rivera said.Barkley is 11th in the league in rushing with 260 yards on 56 carries, a 4.6 yard average. He is tied for 13th in receiving with 27 catches for 193 yards. He also believes he can do more.“I think I’ve been doing a pretty good job of breaking tackles so far, I’ve got to find a way to break more tackles,” the former Penn State star said. “I was brought here to be an efficient player, and when the opportunity comes, create big plays, and I’ve got to do a better job there. A lot of the reason we haven’t been successful is we haven’t been able to run the ball, we haven’t run the ball as well as we are capable of.”The Giants also haven’t been winning. They have been within striking distance in the fourth quarter of every game, but only won at Houston.“I don’t think really any team so far that we’ve played, obviously at the end of the game they had the win and they had more points than we had, but there’s a lot of things we did ourselves to put us in that situation,” Barkley said, referring to penalties, turnovers and mistakes. “If we can fix ourselves and just focus on ourselves, I think the rest of the season will take care of itself.”NOTES: WR Sterling Shepard did not practice because he was having a cyst on his back removed. Shurmur hopes to have him back Thursday. … Shurmur said LB Olivier Vernon (high ankle sprain) is getting closer to playing for the first time this season. … Chad Wheeler, who replaced Ereck Flowers at right tackle, is a laid-back guy until game day. “You got to be calm around family and friends and then you got to turn into a savage when you enter the building,” he explained.