The New York Giants may have saved their season with Sunday night’s win over the Washington Commanders. They can take another big step towards a playoff berth against a Minnesota Vikings team that has already wrapped up the NFC North. The Vikings are a field goal favorite for Saturday’s game.
Kickoff is set for 1 pm ET Saturday from US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The game will be televised on FOX.
The Giants season had started to slip away in recent weeks thanks to a 1-4-1 run that took them from NFC East title contention to the Wild Card bubble. Sunday’s win at least helped solidify their spot in a playoff position. If they win two of their final three games (Minnesota, Indianapolis, Philadelphia), they will clinch their first playoff spot since 2016 and only their second in the past 11 years.
The stakes are not quite as high for the Vikings, who secured the division title this past Saturday thanks to the largest comeback in NFL history. They still have a mathematical shot at the top seed in the NFC and a first-round bye, but trailing the Eagles by two games with three weeks to play makes it very difficult.
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is coming off back-to-back 400-yard passing games for the Vikings and will be going against a middle-of-the-pack Giants defense that allows 217 passing yards per game.
Minnesota remains one of the strangest 10-win teams in NFL history, entering Saturday’s game with only a plus-two point differential on the season. The Vikings are a perfect 10-0 in games decided by eight points or less this season, winning four by three points or less.
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