Philadelphia are currently head and shoulders above the rest of their rivals in the NFC East with both the Redskins and the Giants battling it out for a few scraps from the top table.
The Giants’ season has long since sunk without trace in blaze of high-profile injuries, weak leadership from head coach Ben McAdoo and accusations of a defense predicted to dominate this season throwing in the towel but some signs of remaining life did emerge last week in a 12-9 victory over Kansas City.
"They played inspired football," McAdoo observed, all a bit late in the day as the situation in East Rutherford has really boiled down to professional pride among the players with McAdoo clinging on to a role which may not be his for very much time at all into 2018.
While they scratch around at 2-8 for a few crumbs of comfort, Washington still have some sort of hope of making the post-season but opportunities are dwindling after a heart-breaking 34-31 loss last week to New Orleans, a game where they held a 15-point lead inside the final six minutes.
Their schedule over the opening 10 weeks has turned out to be one of the toughest against teams that boast a 63-37 overall record but the way they allowed the Saints to nip past them sums up a franchise that inevitably gets in its own way at some stage or another.
"We have no choice but to keep grinding and battling," said head coach Jay Gruden but a mounting injury list genuinely leaves him struggling to field a serviceable team here with just four days to prepare.
It is hard to trust either implicitly either so I am going to look at the anytime touchdown scorer market instead with Roger Lewis well worth a second glance.
Eli Manning has had limited options for much of the season with Odell Beckham Jr and Brandon Marshall long-term injury absentees while Sterling Shepard looks unlikely to suit up here again having missed the Chiefs game due to migraines.
Lewis has shot up the depth chart as a result and came down with a tremendous late fourth-down catch to set up the winning field goal over the Chiefs so could well be Manning’s go-to target with choices increasingly thin on the ground.
Prediction: New York Giants 17-20 Washington
2pts Minnesota (-3) to beat Detroit at 21/20
2pts Los Angeles Chargers to beat Dallas at 9/10
1pt Roger Lewis to score a touchdown anytime v Washington at 3/1
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Posted at 1645 GMT on 22/11/17.