Both of these teams have defenses that have been surprisingly porous lately. The Giants defense has been torched in their last five games by Arizona, San Diego, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, despite having leads in three of those games. They were unable to come up with stops in games against San Diego, Atlanta, and Arizona, despite having the game on the line. Now they have to travel on the road against a Denver team that will have their starting quarterback, Kyle Orton, back for the full game. He is so critical to this team having any offensive success, and they were able to move the ball once he entered the game last week. However, the Broncos fell behind by too much for him to have an impact. In fact, the game could have taken a completely different turn if back-up running back Knowshon Moreno wouldn’t have fumbled at the goal line. Meanwhile, the Giants offense is having no problems moving the ball, as Eli Manning has fully recovered from his foot injury from earlier in the season. I expect them to move the ball at will against a Broncos defense that allowed San Diego, one of the worst running teams in football, to move the ball at will against them with their running back. Safety Brian Dawkins is banged up for this game, and will likely be severely limited even if he does play. I expect this game to be surprisingly higher scoring and go over the total.
Evan Altemus 11/26
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