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Giants coach Brian Daboll announces starting QB for Week 14 vs. Saints

Giants coach Brian Daboll announced his starting QB for Week 14 vs. Saints. Ironically, they already cut the only QB on the roster with a win against New Orleans:

There it is. New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll announced Drew Lock, not Tommy DeVito, will be his starting quarterback for Week 14’s home game with the New Orleans Saints. DeVito has been dealing with a forearm injury and the Giants clearly feel a healthy Lock gives them a better chance to win.

But Lock won’t be the only backup starting for Big Blue. Daboll added that the starting offensive tackles will likely be Josh Ezeudu and Chris Hubbard due to injuries. That’s a favorable matchup for the New Orleans defensive line.

Ironically, the Giants already cut the only QB on the roster with a win against the Saints: Daniel Jones, who led a fourth-quarter comeback to force overtime against them back in 2021. DeVito is 0-1 against New Orleans, but this will be Lock’s first start against the Black and Gold. Let’s see what he’s made of.

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New Orleans Saints still don’t know which QB they are facing vs. Giants

The New Orleans Saints are still awaiting clarity on which New York Giants quarterback will take the field this weekend — Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito:

The New Orleans Saints are still awaiting the New York Giants decision on which quarterback they will be playing during their Week 14 matchup.

It felt like a longtime coming, but the Giants finally moved on from Daniel Jones a couple of weeks ago. Since then, both Drew Lock and Tommy Devito got their chances to start games. The results were eerily similar as New York also lost both games. Lock mostly got the start due to DeVito dealing with a forearm injury. Neither quarterback should scare this Saints defense, but knowing who they are facing would certainly help a game plan.

If DeVito is healthy, he will probably get the nod. Still, both quarterbacks have their positives and negatives. Lock started last week and completed 66% of his passes this season for 178 yards and one interception. He also picked up 57 yards and a touchdown on four rushes. The former second-round pick is the much more experienced option, but has a clear ceiling on what the Giants are willing to do with him under center. They don’t dial up much deep for him, at least to much success.

DeVito’s one game this season was pretty much the same. He completed 68% of his passes for 189 yards, picking up 32 yards on the ground from seven carries. The Syracuse product is clearly the fan-favorite, and could bring a little more excitement to a home game, but also doesn’t have the same juice that he had when he took over last season.

New Orleans might prefer they start DeVito, as they were able to handle him last year in a 24-6 win.

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Eagles’ linebacker Nakobe Dean expected to land on injured reserve with a foot injury

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean suffered a Lisfranc sprain and the 2nd-year defender will likely go on injured reserve according to Mike Garafalo

The Eagles are set to be without second-year linebacker Nakobe Dean for an extended period after the former Georgia All-American suffered a Lisfranc sprain.

It’s the second time Dean will miss an extended period of action after he suffered a foot injury against New England that placed him on injured reserve for four weeks.

Dean, 22, started on Sunday afternoon and has been a part of a three-man rotation with Nicholas Morrow and Zach Cunningham.

After not missing a game with an injury in college, Dean has struggled to stay on the field this season, his first as an NFL starter, and he’s been a critical figure in the success of Sean Desai’s defense.

According to PFF, Dean has 26 tackles, 11 stops, and one sack, with an 80.2 grade against the run.

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Who has the most all-time yards, touchdowns against the Packers?

Who was the biggest Packers nemesis of all-time? Here’s a look at the numbers.

The Green Bay Packers have been around for a long time (since 1919) and played a lot of football games (1,418 as of 2023). That means a lot of opponents and a lot of games against star players.

So, who have been the most productive opponents against the Packers?

We dug through PFR’s “Stathead” to discover the players with the most passing yards, passing touchdowns, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, total yards and total touchdowns against the Packers all-time.

Here are the results:

Saints to face the Bears in upcoming NFL Wild-Card Round

The No. 2-seed New Orleans Saints will match up with the No. 7-seed Chicago Bears in the first round of the NFL playoffs.

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The puzzle is starting to come together. After winning their Week 17 matchup handily, the New Orleans Saints are looking towards the first round of the playoffs, where they’re slotted to play the Chicago Bears in the Wild-Card Round. The Saints have clinched the No. 2 playoff seed, while the Bears are sneaking in as the No. 7 seed in the NFC.

Chicago has been a common opponent for the Saints in recent years. They’ve met in three of the last four years, with New Orleans winning each time. The Bears haven’t beaten the Saints since 2008, and they haven’t won in New Orleans since 2005, before Sean Payton was hired to coach the team.

That’s not to suggest the Saints should feel too confident about this matchup. They’ve proven themselves that anything can happen in the playoffs, even against a mediocre opponent like the 8-8 Bears quarterbacked by a draft bust in Mitchell Trubisky. New Orleans must prepare to give its best shot when both clubs take the field next week.

And when that is remains to be decided. With the rest of the playoff picture still taking shape, the exact kickoff times for each matchup is still up in the air. With star running back Alvin Kamara on the COVID-19 reserve list and ineligible to return until Sunday, Jan. 10, the Saints have to be hoping to avoid a Saturday tilt. It’s a storyline worth watching until the NFL announces its full slate of postseason matchups.

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