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New York Giants vs Washington Commanders

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Giants is the better survivor pick this week

Giants score 0.322 equity (40.9% win probability) against Commanders at 0.297 — a real gap of 0.026.

NYG team page →WAS team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

vs DALOpponent@ PHI

40.9%Win prob32.2%

0.322Equity score0.297

+3.0Spread11/11 books+5.5

48.0Game total44.5

= 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot= 0.000

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 5NYG @ WASnot played yet

Week 10WAS @ NYGnot played yet

All-time series: 54 meetings · NYG 32 — WAS 21 · 1 ties. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1390.8ELO rating1464.1

#28ELO rank#24

4-13Record5-12

NFC EastDivisionNFC East

#4Division rank#3

W +17 · W +24 · L 3 · L 8 · L 18Last 5newest firstW +7 · L 7 · L 11 · W +8 · L 31

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

18.3 · #25vs QB19.5 · #30

25.8 · #29vs RB25.6 · #27

33.7 · #24vs WR34.9 · #25

11.4 · #8vs TE15.9 · #27

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2.24 (2025)Sacks / game2.47 (2025)

8.41Pressures / game7.47

3-18Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows8-14

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

30.8% · #32Pre-snap motion42.3% · #18

10.8% · #18Play action11.9% · #11

9.3% · #2RPO6.3% · #12

3.1% · #20Screen pass3.7% · #16

17.4% · #3No huddle50.2% · #1

64.8% · #6Shotgun71.8% · #1

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

40.3% · #7Man coverage32.0% · #15

30.5% · #9Blitz (5+ rushers)27.5% · #16

30.2% · #17Pressure31.3% · #14

NYG scheme profile →WAS scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

New York Giants

Andrew ThomasTFull Participation in Practice
Anthony Johnson Jr.SafetyOut
Art GreenCornerbackQuestionable
Bryan HudsonCFull Participation in Practice
Bryce Ford-WheatonWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Cam SkatteboRunning BackOut
Chris BoardLinebackerQuestionable
Cor'Dale FlottCornerbackOut
Daniel BellingerTight EndQuestionable
Dante MillerRunning BackOut
Darius AlexanderDefensive TackleOut
Darius MuasauLinebackerQuestionable

Washington Commanders

Ale KahoLinebackerOut
Ben SinnottTEFull Participation in Practice
Brandon ColemanOffensive TackleOut
Charles OmenihuDEFull Participation in Practice
Chase EdmondsRunning BackOut
Chris Rodriguez Jr.Running BackQuestionable
Colson YankoffTight EndOut
Darius RushCornerbackQuestionable
Daron PayneDefensive TackleOut
Deebo SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Dorance ArmstrongDefensive EndQuestionable
Eddie GoldmanDefensive TackleOut

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