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The Giants will look to improve to 3-1 when they face the Cardinals at MetLife Stadium in Week 4.

In their first of back-to-back home games, the Giants battled through a nor'easter and emerged victorious over the Titans, 12-7.

"We're going to find ourselves," coach John Harbaugh told the media Monday. "I mean, we won the game. We did what we had to do to win the game and that's what we had to do…. We're going to keep growing. There's going to be new challenges in front of us."

Meanwhile, the Cardinals hung around their matchup against the 49ers before eventually falling, 36-30, to drop to 1-2 on the season.

Here are players to watch in the Week 4 matchup.

WR Malik Nabers

In his first game back from last year's knee injury, Nabers caught six of nine targets for 69 yards. In the two games since, the third-year wideout has totaled just 10 targets, six receptions and 27 yards. Of course, there is more to the offense's production over the last two games than the box score shows. Jaxson Dart suffered his season-ending knee injury on the first drive of the Week 2 game in Los Angeles, while last weekend's nor'easter made it difficult for either team to do much in the passing game. Nabers' six targets against the Titans led the team, as did his five receptions.

Nabers will have a good opportunity to really get going this weekend against the Cardinals. Through the first three games of the season, Arizona has allowed 503 receiving yards to wide receivers, which ranks as the 10th most in the league. Meanwhile, their six receiving touchdowns allowed to the position are tied with the Commanders (the Giants' Week 5 opponent) for the most in the NFL.

View photos of the Giants on the practice field as they prepare for their Week 4 matchup against the Cardinals.

RB Cam Skattebo

Skattebo registered his first 100-yard game of the season against the Titans. The second-year running back carried the ball 20 times for 60 yards, but added 40 yards on three receptions. This included a career-high 30-yard reception in the first half. According to Next Gen Stats, Skattebo generated a season-high 74 yards after contact, which was the second-most of his young career. Meanwhile, his 30.0 percent forced missed tackle rate was the third-highest single-game rate of his career.

Of Skattebo's 587 career rushing yards, 92.3 percent have been gained after contact, which is the third-highest rate among players with at least 75 attempts going back to last season. Both Skattebo and the rest of the Giants' running back room will have a chance to hit the ground running, both literally and figuratively. Arizona ranks 26th in rushing yards allowed and 24th in yards per attempt allowed, and enter this game having surrendered an average of 151 rushing yards per game over the last two weeks.

TE Isaiah Likely

Similar to the rest of the passing game, Likely had a quiet game in Week 3. The tight end was second on the team with five targets, but it resulted in only two receptions for 13 yards. Likely hasn't had quite the same production since his breakout game in the season opener, but the targets have still been there. Prior to finishing second on the team with his five targets against the Titans, Likely saw 10 targets against the Rams, four more than anyone else on the team. His 23 targets on the season ranks third among all tight ends,

Similar to their production against wide receivers, the Cardinals have struggled to slow down opposing tight ends. They rank in the bottom 10 in the NFL in yards and touchdowns allowed to the position, mostly due to their performance in Week 3. San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle had his best game of the season against the Cardinals as he led the team with seven targets, six receptions, 82 yards and two touchdowns. Brock Purdy targeted Kittle on five of his 10 quick throws against the Cardinals, which resulted in four receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown.

OLB Abdul Carter

For the second consecutive week, the Giants had a key contributor go down with a season-ending injury. Less than a week after Jaxson Dart was lost due to a knee injury, Brian Burns suffered a knee injury as well. With Burns' 2026 campaign cut short, the Giants are going to need other players to step up in the pass rush. Enter Abdul Carter.

The second-year outside linebacker has been the team's best pass rusher thus far. Carter has the team's only sack, while also leading the unit with eight quarterback pressures and five quarterback hits. The injury to Burns also paves the way for Kayvon Thibodeaux to take on a bigger role on the edge. Additionally, it's possible that rookie Arvell Reese, who spent some time at Ohio State on the edge, will get some playing time there, as well.

"What we just need to do is get on track up front in terms of the pass rush," Harbaugh told the media Monday. "I mean, I think they're doing a really good job. All those guys have done a very good job against the run. We've been pretty darn consistent against the run. We've had a few runs against us in the second half of the last two games that we aren't happy about. But generally, we've been a good run defense. And we want to keep building on that. But we need to get to the quarterback more."

S Jevón Holland

It's hard to imagine a safety having a stronger start to the season than what Holland has done over the last three weeks. The veteran has registered an interception in every game, which has him tied for the league-lead, while his interception of Titans quarterback Cam Ward sealed the victory for the Giants in Week 3. He's also forced two fumbles, one of which he recovered, for four total takeaways in three games. This resulted in him being named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month.

"That's the kind of player Jevón Holland has always been," Harbaugh said Sunday's win. "So, to see him flourishing right now, the way he is, is just – it's wonderful."

Since 1970, Holland is one of just two players with at least three interceptions, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in the first three games of the season. As if that wasn't impressive enough, Holland is the only Giant in the last 30 years to force at least four turnovers in the first three games of a season. His four total takeaways lead all NFL players and are more than the total amount of takeaways of 18 different teams entering Week 4.

The safety has 112 coverage snaps this season and has allowed only two receptions for 18 yards, earning him a passer rating against of just 22.9. Holland will face his toughest test yet this weekend as a matchup against Cardinals Trey McBride looms large. The fifth-year tight end ranks third in the NFL with 26 receptions, which he has taken for 211 yards and two touchdowns. McBride is Jacoby Brissett's top option in the passing game and one of the elite players at the position, making this matchup between him and Holland one of the most intriguing of the week.

Bonus: P Jordan Stout

I added a bonus player this week because Stout needed to be recognized. Kicking in conditions that could be considered far from ideal, Stout averaged 50.5 yards on his six punts in Week 3. He had an impressive long punt of 74 yards, marking the second consecutive week in which he had a punt go for 70+ yards, and had three punts inside the 20.

Stout became the first punter in Giants history to have multiple punts of 70 or more yards in the same season, and he did it in back-to-back games in the first month of the season. Stout's leg has become a huge weapon for the Giants in the weekly field possession battle, as his 51.1 average yards per punt on the season currently ranks third in the NFL.

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