Giants vs. Seahawks: Preview, prediction, what to watch for

An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Seahawks NFL Week 5 matchup at Lumen Field in Seattle:Seahawks WR DK Metcalf vs.Giants CB Deonte Banks Another game, another extreme challenge for the top cornerback.

Metcalf is ridiculously big (6-foot-4, 235 pounds), strong and fast, and it often is a lethal combination for whoever is unfortunate enough to draw this assignment.Metcalf is fourth in the league (behind Nico Collins, Chris Goodwin and Malik Nabers) in receiving yards with 366, and he is a big play waiting to happen. Banks is a good-sized (6-2, 200) defender, and that will help, as far as not being physically dominated.The key will be if Banks can avoid getting boxed out or out-muscled for the ball.

And if Banks can get Metcalf to the ground after the catch. When the Seahawks get cranked up, there is no more dizzying and noisy and annoying place to play for the road team than Seattle.There is much to deal with here for the Giants, who must not allow hard-running Kenneth Walker to get going, in addition to all the other weapons at Geno Smith’s disposal.

Not having Malik Nabers is no way to go into a game that might necessitate a shootout to win. Seahawks 27, Giants 13Stay at the HyattSometimes the opportunity opens up because of someone else’s misfortune.That is the case here for Jalin Hyatt, who is actually needed on the field now, with Malik Nabers out of action.

Hyatt has been a non-factor in his second season — with just 51 snaps on offense, three targets and no receptions in four games.Perhaps this forces the Giants to spread things around, with Hyatt joining Wan’Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton in the mix as part of the receiver trio.

When Nabers in Week 4 had 12 catches and Robinson had 11 against the Cowboys, it was the first time in franchise history that the Giants had two players with 11-plus receptions in the same game. No run zoneEven with their top running back, the Giants were stuck in the mud in their previous outing, completely shut ...