Giants - Steelers: GMF's Matchup to Watch

[Giantmetfan07]

This week's Giants-Steelers game, which marks the 75th meeting in a series that dates back 75 years, could be a preview of Super Bowl XLIII. And with Pittsburgh's top-ranked NFL defense taking on a Giants offense that ranks second in the league, there are certainly a number of critical matchups in this game.

Of course, both Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger were first-round draft picks in 2004, and both have led their teams to a Super Bowl victory. They have faced off against each other once before, in 2004, with the Steelers winning, 33-30, in a game that featured seven lead changes. Manning threw for 2 TDs in that game, Roethlisberger one.

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Here's the Situational Breakdown from GMF:

Offense:
Passing - Giants - Rank 12 vs Steelers - Rank 21.
Sacks Allowed: Giants = 6; Steelers = 19
Run - Giants - Rank #1 (169 ypg) Steelers - Rank 18 (109 ypg)

Defense:
Pass - Giants - Rank 11 (190 ypg); Steelers - Rank 1 (158 ypg)
Run - Giants - Rank 5 (84.5 ypg); Steelers - Rank 2 (69.7 ypg)
Sacks - Giants - Rank 2 (21) ; Steelers - Rank 1 (25)

Tough to call, with the common stats. Although the Steelers are ranked 1st in sacks, The Giants have only allowed 6 sacks. While the Giants are Ranked 2nd in sacks (tied with Phili), the Steelers have allowed 19 sacks.

I believe the pass rush will be the big thing to watch. Whoever gets to the quarterback, wins the game.
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Originally I was gonna do a Matchups to watch for... but i put down so much for this one that it wuda been way too much lol.

Edit: I've provided a link to the first part of the post, giving the key matchups to watch for Week 8, rather than me just Quoting it all, lol.

 

[dez]

In order to win we're going to have to disrupt everything Roethlisberger does. Im expecting Tuck to give them a fit.

We're also going to have to have big games from Jacobs, Ward and Bradshaw.

I cant wait for this game lol

 

[.GR]

I will miss it prolly as I will be driving home from Seattle.