Washington Football Team: Five bold predictions vs. Giants in Week 6
1. Only one offensive touchdown is scored by each team
Neither Washington’s offense nor the Giants’ offense has been very good this year. They have been plagued by poor offensive line play that has led to countless sacks and turnovers on the season.
Both defenses for each team are flawed, but they have some strengths. For Washington, their defensive line is one of the best in football and is very deep. For the Giants, they have solid players at each level of the defense, including a good run-stuffing front, Blake Martinez at linebacker, and James Bradberry in the secondary. At times, they have limited the offenses they have faced.
When you get a matchup of two bad offenses and two decent defenses, odds are that the defenses will look better than they normally do and turn the game into a defensive struggle. That’s what I anticipate happening in Week 6, barring a breakout game by one of the quarterbacks.
If Washington and the Giants get into a defensive battle, it seems possible that both sides will have trouble scoring. We’ll say that each side will only log one offensive TD each in this game, and that may end up being generous, especially if the teams have to settle for field goals early and often.
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Whichever team can find a way to exploit the weaknesses of the defense they’re playing against will win this game. But a low-scoring battle should happen on Sunday either way. We’ll soon see what Week 6 has in store for Washington, but if they are going to win, they’ll have to do so on the defensive side of the football.