NEW YORK GIANTS (0-3) At SEATTLE (2-1)
Sunday, 4 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Giants by 5
RECORD VS. SPREAD – New York Giants 4-3; Seattle 4-3
SERIES RECORD – Giants lead 8-5
LAST MEETING – Giants beat Seahawks 44-6, Oct. 5, 2008
LAST WEEK – Giants had bye (beat Cowboys 41-35 in Week 7); Seahawks lost to Raiders 33-3
GIANTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (4), PASS (8T)
GIANTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (2)
SEAHAWKS OFFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (26T), PASS (25)
SEAHAWKS DEFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (10), PASS (29)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – After starting 1-2, Giants have won four straight. Beat Dallas 41-35 before bye week. … Giants 4-6 coming off bye weeks since 2000 and 3-3 under coach Tom Coughlin. … QB Eli Manning has thrown for more than 300 yards twice this season. He did it just three times in 2009. … Even with week off RB Ahmad Bradshaw still ranks second in NFC and third in league in yards rushing (708). He leads league with 10 carries of 20 or more yards. … Giants defense has knocked out five QBs this season: Dallas’ Tony Romo, Carolina’s Matt Moore, Chicago’s Jay Cutler and Todd Collins, and Detroit’s Shaun Hill. … Giants have held last four opponents under 65 yards rushing. … Giants tied for league lead with 24 sacks and DE Osi Umenyiora tied for second in NFL with eight sacks. … Along with being second on team in sacks (4), DE Justin Tuck is second on team in tackles with 48. … DT Rocky Bernard and S Deon Grant were both previously with Seahawks. Bernard left after 2008 season; Grant let go after last season. Seattle looking to go 4-0 at home for first time since 2005. … Seahawks have won previous four home meetings with Giants dating back to 1986. Beat New York in 2005 and 2006 in Seattle. … Seattle placed DL Red Bryant and G Ben Hamilton – both starters – on injured reserve for injuries suffered against Oakland. Bryant has a knee injury, Hamilton a concussion. … RB Marshawn Lynch held to 7 yards on nine carries last week against Oakland. … QB Matt Hasselbeck coming off worst performance of season against Raiders (13 of 32 for 160 yards, one interception). He was sacked eight times and has a QB rating of 43.8. Except for 2008 when Hasselbeck missed nine games due to injury, only twice has he had consecutive games with a QB rating under 50. … K Olindo Mare saw streak of 30 straight made field goals end with two misses against Oakland. Was tied for sixth-longest streak in league history. … DE Chris Clemons with 5 1/2 sacks through seven games is more than any Seahawks player had in 2009.
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