Panthers at Giants

When the Giants take on the visiting Panthers this Sunday, the key matchup pits young QB Manning against a tough Panther pass D.

Manning and the Giants' pass completion percentage (sacks counted as incomplete passes) is below league average as seen in the chart below. In only one game (vs Eagles) did the Giants better league average.

Pct Comp(+QB Sacks) New York Giants 2005 through Week 17

And they are facing a tough Carolina Pass D. On this same stat the Panther pass D is much stonger than league average allowing less than 50% completions in 8 of the season's 16 games (see chart below).

Opp Pct Comp(+Sacks) Carolina Panthers 2005 through Week 17

On our key measure of passing efficiency (defense), yards per pass attempt--our Killer Stat, Coach Fox's Panthers ranked second to the Bears allowing 5.29 yards per toss.

Giants rushing game led by RB Tiki Barber got them to the playoffs. To move on they'll need help from the air corp. No easy task against the Panthers' D. The computer sees another close game, favoring Carolina by 1.

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