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SportsBy Daniel Kohn9/21/20261 min read
SportsLine's model has revealed its New York Giants vs. Los Angeles Rams picks for NFL Week 2 on 'Monday Night Football' with Puka Nacua (hip) inactive
✨ Key Highlights
- The New York Giants face the Los Angeles Rams on 'Monday Night Football' at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with kickoff set for 8:15 p.m. ET.
- The Giants enter after a 28-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, while the Rams are coming off a 27-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in a game played in Melbourne, Australia.
- Los Angeles will have Aaron Donald back after he sat out the opener, but the team is without Myles Garrett, who landed on injured reserve with a knee injury, and Puka Nacua is inactive with a hip issue.
- The Rams are 6.5-point favorites, down half a point from the opener, with a money line of -307 versus the Giants at +245 and an over/under set at 47.5 points.
- The SportsLine projection model, which runs 10,000 simulations per game, favors the Over 47.5, projecting 49 combined points; the Over has hit in five of the last eight meetings between the teams and in eight of the last 10 games for each side.
- Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart opened with 23 of 29 passing for 230 yards and three touchdowns, with Cam Skattebo adding 81 rushing yards and a touchdown, while Rams veteran Matthew Stafford enters off an MVP campaign of 4,707 yards and 46 touchdowns.
The New York Giants will look to continue their strong start to the season when they take on the Los Angeles Rams on 'Monday Night Football.' New York is coming off a 28-20 win over the Dallas Cowboy