Fireside Giants - A New York Giants Podcast

Giants vs. Rams preview and prediction for Monday night at SoFi, NFL Week 2. The Giants are 1-0 after 28-20 over Dallas with 165 rushing yards, 9 of 11 on third down and 36:40 of possession. The Rams are 0-1 after 27-7 to the 49ers in Melbourne with 290 total yards and 2 of 9 on third down, and Myles Garrett is on injured reserve after knee surgery. The line is Rams by 7. Keys to victory, the full injury report, and my score. Giants win outright, Rams cover, or Giants lose and cover?

Tyrone Tracy Jr. played two snaps for the Giants against Dallas, fumbled on the second one, and did not touch the ball again. Then he got sent home Wednesday with what John Harbaugh called a bad flu, while Najee Harris keeps ramping toward his Giants debut. This episode is about what the Giants should do with the running back who led the team in rushing as a rookie. The number is seven. Tracy has seven fumbles in 33 regular season games since 2024 per Pro Football Reference, and the Week 1 one came on the drive that would have put Dallas away before halftime. Harbaugh said four balls on the ground is not even close to acceptable. Tiki Barber went on the record this week with the fix. The room is the problem. Cam Skattebo played 41 snaps and ran 18 times for 81 and a touchdown. Devin Singletary ran 18 routes and caught the other touchdown. Najee Harris, four straight 1,000-yard seasons before the Achilles, is on a one-year deal with nothing guaranteed and Harbaugh says the call on Monday night comes by the end of the week. The Giants dress three running backs. Harris makes three without Tracy. The money is on screen, per Over The Cap: Tracy is $1.15 million this year and signed through 2027, and trading him saves the same $1 million as cutting him, which means a trade is free value and a cut is throwing it away. The keep case is real too. He fumbled once all of last season and he is the only insurance if Skattebo goes down.

Giants Week 2 injury report and the cornerback room is the whole story. Paulson Adebo and Deonte Banks were both out of Thursday's practice. Greg Newsome II was on the field. The Giants play the Rams on Monday night at SoFi against Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. The Adebo situation is four things happening at once. He played nine defensive snaps in Week 1 on a $24.2 million cap hit. Joey Porter Jr. trade talk has had the Giants named as a team to watch all week. New York signed cornerback Jaden Robinson to the practice squad on Wednesday, a six foot corner out of Oregon State whose position coach in Denver, Addison Lynch, is now the Giants defensive backs coach. And Adebo has now missed back to back practices. Any one of those is nothing. Together they are worth talking about. Per Over The Cap, cutting him costs more than keeping him, so a trade is the only clean exit. Banks was sidelined by cramps in the second half against Dallas and was seen Wednesday with a sleeve on his right lower leg. If he and Adebo cannot go, the room is Newsome, Dru Phillips, rookie Colton Hood and possibly an elevation. Better news at receiver. Malik Nabers called himself a little sore and manageable, said he was rusty, and said he left probably two touchdowns on the field. He did that on 36 snaps, 52 percent, with 24 routes and nine targets.

Giants Week 1 secondary report. Dak Prescott threw for 175 yards, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens combined for eight catches and 72 yards on 14 targets, and the longest completion anybody managed all night went for 17 yards.

Anthony and Alex sit down for a full game recap and postgame reaction episode following the New York Giants' Week 1 win on Sunday Night Football at MetLife Stadium. We break down how Big Blue physically dominated Dallas in all three phases, controlling the clock for over 36 minutes and converting 9 of 10 third downs prior to victory formation. We dive deep into Jaxson Dart's phenomenal starting debut (230 yards, 3 TDs, 54 rush yards), Cam Skattebo's hard-nosed RB1 performance (81 yards, 1 TD), and Isaiah Likely’s game-changing 2-touchdown night. Plus, we give massive credit to Dennard Wilson’s defense for holding Dak Prescott under 180 passing yards and shutting down the Cowboys' explosive plays.