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Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
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Week 14 · Sunday 4:25 PM ET · Lumen Field

SEAvsNYG

Seahawks offensevsGiants defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 7 games for Seahawks, 7 for Giants. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

NYG offenseSEA offense
Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Clean pockets

Seahawks take a sack on 7% of dropbacks (19th). Giants get home on 4% (30th). League average is 7%.

02
Opportunity

Short middle is open

Giants are worst against short middle throws, allowing +0.46 EPA per attempt. Seahawks send 20% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Giants give up 45 yards a game to tight ends (8th), against a league average of 55. Seahawks' tight ends produce 31 (29th).

04
Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Seahawks gain 5.4 yards per play (17th). Giants give up 5.4 (15th), with the league at 5.4.

Players to watch

NYG Giants

18J.J. McCarthyQB · 31/49 · 495 yds · 1 TD · 1 INTEPA per dropback +0.2044Cam SkatteboRB · 98 car · 418 yds · 2 TD · 11 recEPA per touch -0.081Malik NabersWR · 48 rec · 605 yds · 2 TD · 70 tgtEPA per target +0.239Isaiah LikelyTE · 41 rec · 395 yds · 5 TD · 63 tgtEPA per target +0.23 · 23rd8Jevon HollandFree Safety · 30 tackles · 3 INT · 5 PD3 INT · T-2nd in the NFL52Arvell ReeseLeft Inside Linebacker · 55 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 1 INT · 4 PD1 INT

SEA Seahawks

14Sam DarnoldQB · 110/177 · 1290 yds · 8 TD · 8 INTEPA per dropback -0.05 · 25th11Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · 58 rec · 867 yds · 8 TD · 78 tgtEPA per target +0.75 · 5th22Rashid ShaheedWR · 16 rec · 163 yds · 0 TD · 30 tgtEPA per target -0.4713Ernest Jones IVRight Inside Linebacker · 68 tackles · 3 sacks · 1 INT · 3 PD3 sacks20Julian LoveFree Safety · 24 tackles · 2 INT · 6 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFL
The series · Giants and Seahawks since 1999, and this season's records14 meetings

The Seahawks lead the series 8–6 since 1999 (they first met in 2001). Oct 6, 2024, at Lumen Field: the Giants won 29–20. Geno Smith started at quarterback for the Seahawks and Daniel Jones for the Giants; Mike Macdonald and Brian Daboll coached.

Giants at home3–4the Giants' record
In Seattle3–4the Giants' record
Most pointsGiants 44 · Seahawks 422008 · 2006
Biggest winGiants by 38 · Seahawks by 232008 · 2013

The last 5

2024 · Wk 5NYG 29 at SEA 20
2023 · Wk 4SEA 24 at NYG 3
2022 · Wk 8NYG 13 at SEA 27
2020 · Wk 13NYG 17 at SEA 12
2017 · Wk 7SEA 24 at NYG 7

2026 records

GiantsSeahawks
Overall4–2–14–3
Division1–0–11–1
Conference2–2–11–2
Other conference2–03–1
Home3–13–1
Away1–1–11–2
Last 5WWTLWLWLLW
StreakWon 1Won 1
Points a game23.3 – 23.024.0 – 17.9

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Giants' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Seahawks offense against the Giants defenseDepth charts
Giants defense · 3-4 DSeahawks offense · 3WR 1TE67Cross56Nelson61Sundell76Zabel72Lucas88Barner14Darnold26Charbonnet11Smith-Njigba10Kupp22Shaheed91Alexander98Reader93Harris5Thibodeaux3Carter41McFadden52Reese20Newsome21Adebo22Phillips27Nubin8Holland

Seahawks offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBSam Darnold#14 · 110/177 · 1290 yds · 8 TD · 8 INT
  • RBZach Charbonnet#26
  • WRJaxon Smith-Njigba#11 · 58 rec · 867 yds · 8 TD · 78 tgt
  • WRRashid Shaheed#22 · 16 rec · 163 yds · 0 TD · 30 tgt
  • WRCooper Kupp#10 · 18 rec · 199 yds · 1 TD · 27 tgt
  • TEAJ Barner#88 · 19 rec · 180 yds · 0 TD · 29 tgt
  • LTCharles Cross#67
  • LGQuenton Nelson#56
  • CJalen Sundell#61
  • RGGrey Zabel#76
  • RTAbraham Lucas#72

Giants defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDEDarius Alexander#91 · 7 tackles · 0.5 sacks
  • NTDJ Reader#98 · 22 tackles
  • LDEShelby Harris#93 · 15 tackles · 2 PD
  • WLBKayvon Thibodeaux#5 · 15 tackles
  • SLBAbdul Carter#3 · 18 tackles · 2 sacks
  • RILBMicah McFadden#41 · 13 tackles
  • LILBArvell Reese#52 · 55 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 1 INT · 4 PD
  • RCBGreg Newsome II#20 · 25 tackles · 1 INT · 6 PD
  • LCBPaulson Adebo#21 · 5 tackles
  • NBDru Phillips#22 · 24 tackles · 2 sacks · 2 PD
  • SSTyler Nubin#27 · 21 tackles · 3 PD
  • FSJevon Holland#8 · 30 tackles · 3 INT · 5 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · SEA offense against NYG defense
StatSEA SEA offFavors SEA · Favors NYGNYG NYG def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.04#23
+0.01#16+0.00
Success rate
42%#22
43%#1244%
Yards per play
5.4#17
5.4#155.4
Explosive play rate
9%#15
10%#189%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.05#18
-0.01#13+0.03
Sack rate
7%#19
4%#307%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.22#30
-0.07#21-0.08
Yards per carry
3.7#22
4.5#244.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
40%#15
40%#1341%
Red zone TD rate
55%#21
83%#3161%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
185#4
127#7147
TE yards per game
31#29
45#855
TE targets per game
5.1#29
8.1#247.6
RB receiving yards per game
30#17
21#532
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Seahawks: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.144% of throws
+0.623% of throws
+1.217% of throws
Short
+0.0229% of throws
+0.0520% of throws
+0.0937% of throws

Giants: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.3118 throws
+0.627 throws
-0.0516 throws
Short
-0.1570 throws
+0.4632 throws
+0.1375 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.