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Giants Now: Numbers to know for Giants-Commanders

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The New York Giants will travel to Washington to play the Commanders to open the regular season at Northwest Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 7. Kickoff is set for 1:00 pm ET on FOX.

Sunday's game marks the 187th all-time meeting between the teams. In regular season play, they've faced off 184 times, and twice in the postseason.

The Giants' lost their most recent meeting with the Commanders on November 3, 2024, by a score of 27-22.

Here are numbers to know ahead of Sunday's season opener.

Giants

*QB Russell Wilson makes NYG debut. Expected to make 200th career reg. season start in Week 1. Ranks 3rd among active players with 46,135 pass yards & 350 TD passes. Has 90+ rating in 12 of his 13 career seasons. Passed for 3 TDs vs. INT for 93.6 rating in his last game vs. Was. (11/10/24 w/ Pit.).

*RB Tyrone Tracy ranked 2nd among rookie RBs in scrimmage yards (1,123) & rush yards (839). Had TD in 4 of his final 5 road games in 2024.

*WR Malik Nabers had 109 receptions for 1,204 yards & 7 TDs in 2024, 2nd most receptions by rookie ever. Had 10 catches for 127 yards & TD in last road meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Was. with 9+ catches.

*WR Wan'Dale Robinson set career high with 93 catches in 2024. Had rec.TD in last meeting.

*DL Dexter Lawrence set career highs with 9 sacks & 8 TFL last season.

*OLB Brian Burns set his career highs in tackles (71) & PD (8), tied his career high with 17 TFL & had 8.5 sacks in 2024. Is 1 of 2 (Myles Garrett) with 7.5+ sacks in each of past 6 seasons.

*OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux had 5.5 sacks & 8 TFL last season. Has 5.5 sacks & 9 TFL in 5 career games vs. Was., incl. TFL in each game.

*OLB Abdul Carter was selected No. 3 overall in 2025 NFL Draft.

*ILB Micah McFadden led team with career-high 107 tackles & had 8 TFL in 2024. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Was. with 11+ tackles.

*ILB Bobby Okereke had 93 tackles in 12 games last season, incl. 5+ tackles in each of his final 11 games.

*CB Paulson Adebo makes NYG debut. Had 43 PD & 10 INTs in 52 games (2021-24) with NO.

*S Jevón Holland makes NYG debut. Had 296 tackles, 25 PD, 9 TFL, 5 INTs & 5 FFs in 60 games (2021-24) with Mia.

*S Tyler Nubin led all rookies with 98 tackles in 2024.

Commanders

*QB Jayden Daniels became the 3rd starting rookie QB to win 12 games in 2024 & had the highest comp. pct. (69) & most rush yards (891) ever by a qualified rookie QB last season. Had 2+ TD passes in each of his final 4 home starts. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with 95+ rating.

*RB Austin Ekeler is 1 of 2 (Alvin Kamara) with 300+ rush yards & 300+ rec. yards in each of past 7 seasons. Needs 2 TDs to become the 3rd undrafted player since 1967 with 75+ career scrimmage TDs.

*WR Terry McLaurin had franchise-record 13 rec. TDs last season. Is one of four players ever with 75+ receptions & 1,000+ rec. yards in 5 of his 1st 6 career seasons. Had 2 rec. TDs in last meeting.

*WR Deebo Samuel makes Was. debut. Had 334 catches, 5,935 scrimmage yards (4,792 rec., 1,143 rush) & 42 TDs (22 rec., 20 rush) in 81 games (2019-24) with SF.

*TE Zach Ertz ranks 6th all-time among TEs with 775 career receptions & 9th all-time among TEs with 8,088 rec. yards.

*LB Bobby Wagner leads all active players with 1,832 career tackles & became 2nd player (London Fletcher) since 2000 with 100+ tackles in each of his 1st 13 career seasons.

*LB Von Miller makes Was. debut. Leads active players with 129.5 career sacks.

*LB Frankie Luvu had 99 tackles, 12 TFL & career highs with 8 sacks & 7 PD in 2024. Is 1 of 2 (T.J. Watt) with 20+ sacks (21), 40+ TFL (41) & 15+ PD (16) since 2022.

*DT Daron Payne is 1 of 5 DL with 50+ tackles in 6 of past 7 seasons.

*DE Dorance Armstrong has 5+ sacks in each of past 4 seasons.

*DE Deatrich Wise makes Was. debut. Had 34 sacks in 8 seasons (2017-24) with NE.

*CB Marshon Lattimore had 3 PD in 2 games with Was. in 2024. Expected to make 100th career reg. season appearance in Week 1.

*CB Mike Sainristil led all rookies with 14 PD & ranks 2nd with 90 tackles in 2024.

View photos from the all-time series between the New York Giants and the Washington Commanders.

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