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Good morning, New York Giants fans!
Gone were the stunned silence and tears from after Sunday’s 33-32 choke-job loss to the Broncos. With their season hanging on by a thread, the Giants know they have little time to wallow in that all-time awful collapse at Denver. So early this week, they tried their best to bury it — while focusing on the encouraging things they did Sunday and amid their 2-5 start.
“We know we can compete with the best,” inside linebacker Darius Muasau said. “It’s something that all the captains preach all the time: We belong with the best.”
Similar to last season, Lawrence is seeing double teams at an incredible rate. Through the first seven weeks, the veteran has been double teamed on a league-high 61.2 percent of his pass rushes, according to NGS. It’s the second consecutive season he’s lead the NFL in double team rate. Unlike last year, though, Lawrence has not been getting as much pressure on the quarterback. But perhaps the 29-year-old has turned a corner recently. Lawrence has registered seven total pressures over the last two games, according to PFF, compared to seven total pressures through the first five weeks.
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers has yet to undergo surgery almost a month after suffering a season-ending torn ACL in his right knee, head coach Brian Daboll told reporters Thursday Nabers is reportedly set to undergo a procedure soon, perhaps in the next week or so. The delay is not that unusual in order to allow swelling to decrease and to build up strength around the knee.
“He’s definitely the same threat he used to be,” said Brian Burns. “I don’t think there’s any slack in his talent or anything of that nature. … I don’t know why his numbers are down....
