Giants-Bucs: Everything you need to know about Monday night’s game
GIANTS (3-6) at BUCS (6-3), 20.15, Raymond James Stadium
WE SPEAK
Line: Bucs with 11; O / U 49.5
TV: ESPN (Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick)
Radio: WFAN-660 AM (Bob Papa, Carl Banks, Howard Cross); Westwood One (Kevin Harlan, Tony Boselli); Sirius 81; XM 226.
KEY DAMAGES
Fighting: Out: LB Lorenzo Carter (disease / ankle), DB Nate Ebner (knee), DB Logan Ryan (reserve / COVID-19), WR Sterling Shepard (quad); Doubtful: RB Saquon Barkley (ankle), RB Devontae Booker (hip), FB Cullen Gillaspia (calf), TE Kaden Smith (knee).
Bucs: Out: WR Antonio Brown (ankle); Doubtful: NT Vita Vea (knee); Doubtful: TE Rob Gronkowski (back), CB Dee Delaney (ankle / concussion), DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (ankle).
CODABLE
“Yes.” – WR Kenny Golladay, asked if he thinks the Giants are capable of making a playoff push.
IMMATERIELLE
The world may be in awe of Tom Brady’s longevity, but the Giants are not surprised by another Buccaneer who just keeps going. Jason Pierre-Paul’s career began as their first round pick in 2010. “The skill set, it’s elite,” said Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, who was the team’s defensive line coach when Pierre-Paul played there. “There are not too many people walking around this planet who can do what he does and do it when he’s injured … He’s a different person. He’s just different.” The Giants traded Pierre-Paul to the Bucs in 2018. He has suffered a number of serious injuries that have affected not just his career but his life, including a car wreck that left him with a neck fracture and the infamous fireworks accident that blew half of His of. right hand. Buc coach Bruce Arians called Peirre-Paul “the ultimate warrior.” This season he is dealing with a shoulder injury but is expected to play on Monday. “I’m not surprised because he’s a good player,” Graham said of Pierre-Paul’s productivity at the age of 32. “I love him. I just hope on Monday it does not go too well.”
FANTASY GAMES
Rob Gronkowski, Bucs TE: Gronkowski has missed five games with cracked ribs, a punctured lung and several back spasms, but he trained fully on Thursday and Friday. Before injury, he had 16 catches for 184 yards and four TDs in three games, so provided he is back in form, he should remain a reliable target for Tom Brady against a defense that has been in the middle of the road towards close ends. . – NICK UR
NUMBER, PLEASE
109.8: Passer rating for Giants QBs when targeting Kadarius Toney, the highest rated of all rookie WRs this year. Toney is one of five rookies who this week came to lead their team in receiving yards (he has 352) despite playing only 44 percent of the Giants’ offensive snaps.
Tom Rock started covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and has been the Giants’ beat writer since 2008.
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