With a 6.5-point advantage, the Giants are favored in this game, suggesting more of an emphasis on running than their typical game plan.Given their underlying traits and matchup dynamics, the model projects the New York Giants to run on 47.6% of their downs: the 5th-highest rate among all teams this week.As far as a defense's effect on pace, at 27.68 seconds per play, the projections expect the New York Giants as the 7th-fastest in football (context-neutralized) right now.This year, the anemic Carolina Panthers run defense has conceded a staggering 176.0 adjusted yards per game on the ground to opposing teams: the most in the NFL.When it comes to the defensive ends' role in run defense, Carolina's group of DEs has been lousy this year, profiling as the 2nd-worst in football. in football.
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