Thursday Night Football: Commanders at Giants — and an NFC East Lead Dallas Needs Kept Small
Week 10 opens at 7:15 p.m. CT at MetLife Stadium on Prime Video: the Giants (5-2-1) lead the division, Washington (2-5-1) tied them 27-27 in October, and the Cowboys — second at 4-5 with the 49ers coming Sunday — need a Washington upset to keep the top of the East within reach.
Week 10 opens Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, where the Washington Commanders (2-5-1) visit the New York Giants (5-2-1) at 8:15 p.m. ET — 7:15 p.m. Central — on Prime Video. It is a division game with direct consequences for the Cowboys, who sit second in the NFC East at 4-5 and host San Francisco on Sunday.
New York leads the division and has won two straight, including Sunday's 19-11 win at Philadelphia. Washington lost 20-13 to the Rams on Sunday. The teams tied 27-27 in overtime in Week 5, and the Giants have not beaten Washington since November 2023, going 0-4-1 in the five meetings since.
Both quarterbacks are cleared. Jayden Daniels practiced fully all week with no injury designation, and J.J. McCarthy carries no designation after a hip pointer briefly knocked him out of the Philadelphia game — this is his first home start for New York. Washington is without Terry McLaurin, lost for the season to a torn patellar tendon, and has also ruled out center Lucas Patrick and tight end Colson Yankoff.
Oddsmakers have New York favored by 2.5 points with a total of 41.5. A Giants win stretches the gap Dallas must close over the season's second half; a Washington upset pulls the leaders back toward the pack before the Cowboys play Sunday.
