Impressive since the start of the season, San Francisco is aiming for a third consecutive victory.
Kick-off on the night of Thursday to Friday at 2:15 a.m.
San Francisco 49ers (2-0) – New York Giants (1-1)
They are certainly the fittest team in the league at the moment. Fighting with Dallas for first place in our Power Ranking, San Francisco has started its season perfectly. Pittsburgh and Los Angeles paid the price during the first two weeks. This Thursday, Kyle Shanahan’s men have a golden opportunity to keep an immaculate record, while putting pressure on their direct opponents who will play on Sunday. To do this, we will have to get rid of the Giants who present themselves in California between doubts and hopes. An opposition that seems unbalanced on paper, but which will not be fun for the 49ers either.
Christian McCaffrey unstoppable
This season, when we play against San Francisco, the house price is 30 points. The Californians have indeed registered exactly 30 units during the first two meetings. And the least we can say is that this attack has already found its cruising speed. Everything is not perfect, especially on Brock Purdy’s side. The quarterback still has an unfortunate tendency to be imprecise in some of his throws. However, he has yet to commit an interception, while exceeding the 200 yards in every match. He is also perfectly helped by a Christian McCaffrey already on fire with 169 yards from the line of scrimmage against the Steelers and 132 yards against the Rams.
An attack which does enormous damage, especially if we add Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel or even George Kittle who (re)gain their marks little by little. The Giants have reason to be worried. They who cashed in 68 points in two meetings. Brian Daboll’s great strength last year, the Big Apple’s defensive squad is in difficulty at the start of the season. New York concedes too many yards on the ground (136.5 per game, 26th in the league) and fails to cause ball losses. The franchise is one of five teams without any interceptions or recovered fumbles. Without that, it’s difficult to keep up with the opponents’ pace.
Saquon Barkley in the infirmary
Last week, the Giants were scared against the Cardinals. Led by 21 points In the middle of the 3rd quarter, they managed to come back and finally win. Proof of the character of this workforce. Except that the opposition will not always be so weak and rise again 21 points A 20 minutes will not be possible every match. Starting this Thursday. Unfortunately for them, the Giants will have to do without their main weapon for this Thursday Night Football: Saquon Barkley. The running back, affected last Sunday, has already withdrawn. Bad news which will put even more pressure on Daniel Jones.
Especially since the pitcher will also have to deal with absences within his close guard. The entire left side will be unavailable with injuries to left tackle Andrew Thomas and left guard Ben Bredeson. Unsurprisingly, he should be under enormous pressure from this Californian defensive line who will want to make up for a lackluster game against the Rams (1 sack only). Daniel Jones has already been sacked 10 times and will have to release the ball more quickly. Unless he uses his mobility to do damage. We know that Kyle Shanahan’s defenses have sometimes struggled against mobile quarterbacks. The key may be there for Brian Daboll.
