Key Highlights
- In fact, I probably would have picked them without reservation a couple weeks ago, when J. J.
- McCarthy was playing some of the worst football in the NFL.
- In Week 16, however, he seems to have found his comfort zone, albeit against bad defenses. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementI think this game will pivot on whether the Giants’ pass rush — namely Brian Burns and Abdul Carter — can knock McCarthy out of his comfort zone and force him to make mistakes.
- I’m expecting Kevin O’Connell to flip the Vikings’ usual script and go run-heavy this game, but there will be points where McCarthy will have to make plays, and the Giants will need to make him pay. I want to see the Giants play with more life and fire than they did to start the game against the Patriots.
- If they do, they have a chance to notch a win here.