Giants Bye Week gone, time for Falcons.

The Giants are now 5-4 losing to the Chargers in a heart breaker. But they are still 2nd in the NFC East enjoying a bye week. The Eagles lost to the Chargers and Cowboys lost to the Packers. Now the Giants are one game behind 1st place in the NFC EAST. The Giants are now going to face the Atlanta Falcons, who might be without star running back Michael Turner. Michael Turner suffered a ankle sprain against the Carolina Panthers.

If the Giants want to make the playoffs, this is a must win game in my opinion. If we beat the Falcons and the cowboys lose, who face the Washington Redskins, we could be first in the NFC East. And if the Eagles lose who face the bears we would have a good lead in the division. Anyway let's go to why I think the Giants win the game, and how they do it.

WHY

- The Giants are rested up and ready to go, while the Falcons are coming off a loss to a struggling Carolina Panthers. Of course the Panthers have been playing good as of late, a loss is a loss.

- The Giants are finally healthy getting Chris Canty (DT) Michael Boley (OLB) and Aaron Ross(DB) back on the field. Michael Boley and Chris Canty saw limited action against the chargers last week. But I expect them to have a big impact since now they are fully healthy. Aaron Ross was injured for the pre-season and the regular season, finally coming back. We'll see how much of a impact he makes. It will help I believe since the Giants passing defense is struggling.

-The Giants have momentum, seeing the Eagles and Cowboys lose the Giants now they need to take advantage of this situation. Expect the Giants to play tough.

-Michael Boley will want to make the Falcons pay for not re-signing him, and for benching him early in the season. Expect Boley to play rough and tough and have a extra kick.

HOW

-The Giants will blitz and focus on the pass game as the starting two running backs for the Falcons will MOST LIKELY be out. Expect the Giants to blitz Falcons (QB)Matt Ryan how has had a bit of a sophomore slump, and has been throwing interceptions regularly when blitzed. Maybe with Aaron Ross playing safety or moving Terrell Thomas (DB) back to a nickel cornerback the Giants can now blitz and have good pass coverage. Matt Ryan has 14 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions. He has a QB Rating of 78.8.

-The Giants defense is 1st in Total Yards per game giving up 274.4 yards per game. Many people are saying that is only because the (P) Jeff Feagles has given great field position for the other teams.

-The Giants are 5th in the league in Total offense yards per game. While the Atlanta falcons defense is 25th in the league in total defense yards per game. Stats do not lie.

-The Giants are 14th in the league in passing yards per game. Eli Manning is hot (not looks), and this even better the Falcons are, 28TH!! Yes 28th in passing yards per game defense.

-Lastly for the Giants Offense Falcons Defense comparison the Giants are 7th in Rushing yards per game, but I think the Giants need to indeed run in this game and control the TOP to win.

The Falcons defense is 26th in rushing defense.

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The Giants need to run the ball, and control the time of possession on offense and have no turnovers, and on defense sack the quarterback and cause turnovers.

Thanks for reading guys so you Sunday for my recap of the Falcons game.