Week 10 is here for all of us NFL and sports betting fans, and we are now on the downhill side of the NFL season. That doesn’t mean the games are bad; it just means we are past the trade deadline, and we are past the halfway mark of the year. Teams will still have bye weeks, and the playoff push will be fully underway. It is an exciting time, but it does mean we are getting closer to the end than the beginning, and that’s a bit sad. Today we see the Commanders take on the Giants in a good matchup for the NFC East.

The Washington Commanders come into tonight’s game with a 2-5-1 record, and they’ve lost all of their road games this season. The Commanders have had a frustrating season. They started the year looking decent, but fell well short against the Eagles. The next week, they lost to the Cowboys and gave up 37 points. They opened their home season with a game against the Seahawks and got a surprising win with Marcus Mariota under center. Then they flew overseas and played against the Colts, losing with their third-string quarterback taking most of the snaps.

After returning home, they hosted the Giants. Jayden Daniels also returned under center for the Commanders, but that turned out to be a bit of a disaster as well. Due to poor clock management, the team ended up tying the Giants. They faced the 49ers and played pretty well, but lost 23-17. After their bye week, they got to get revenge against a banged-up Eagles team. Last week, they hosted the Rams and lost, but it was a valiant effort, losing 20-13 to Los Angeles.

The New York Giants are a team that feels like they are a quarterback away from the postseason. They are in a very winnable division, and they are currently leading it. Sitting at 5-2-1 for the year, if the team can find a way to keep the Cowboys away, they should coast to the division. It just doesn’t feel like the Commanders or Eagles are good enough to win it this year. The problem for the Giants is that they will go through this season with inconsistent quarterback play.

Jaxon Dart got hurt early in the year, and Jameis Winston is fun, but not great. JJ McCarthy has played in a few games for them as well, but I’m not sold on him actually being good. McCarthy threw the ball 19 times compared to eight for Winston last week. I somewhat envision that head coach John Harbaugh will go with whichever quarterback has the hot hand. It kind of seems like what they are doing with their running back situation as well.

It really doesn’t matter who the Giants put on the field on this one; I don’t think the Commanders will take this one. Maybe they had the game circled and will put in extra effort because they are frustrated with the tie they had when the two played the first game, but I don’t think it matters here. Daniels is the best quarterback in the game, but when the rest of the team isn’t helpful, it really doesn’t matter. I expect Harbaugh to have a better game plan and for the Giants to execute better. Give me the Giants -2.

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