5 Storylines Ahead of NY Giants’ Week 3 Game vs. Chiefs 

Division games are always mentally draining, but when they go into overtime and see the opportunity for defeat slip away after staging within reach, it’s only fair to wonder how quickly a team can recover from what was a gut punch.

They have no choice but to put the game behind them.

“I think we get into the meeting rooms,” head coach Brian Daboll said. “You go back, and you watch the tape, and you get ready to go and move on to Kansas City.”

It sounds simple enough, and again, the players don’t have a choice but to move on from last week. Will they take out their anger on the Chiefs, or will the pain from the gut punch seep into their preparation and eventual play?

Will Andrew Thomas be ready? 

Ever since left tackle Andrew Thomas was activated off the PUP list, head coach Brian Daboll has told reporters the team’s best offensive lineman has been getting better every day. 

Indeed, last week Thomas was able to practice two days straight for the first time this young season, although on a limited basis, which took place on Thursday and Friday.

Despite that, he wasn’t cleared to play. But there is hope that this week, he’ll be able to work all three days on a limited basis and be ready to go against the Chiefs, in what would be a welcome development given the epic meltdown last week of fill-in James Hudson.  

Injury Watch

On Monday, head coach Brian Daboll mentioned that several players were being evaluated by the medical staff for injuries sustained in the Dallas game. 

One player in particular to watch is left guard Jon Runyan, who, per The Athletic, may have injured his back. And if Runyan can’t go, would the Giants consider keeping rookie Marcus Bow in the offensive line’s quintet after a mostly positive stint of extended action last week?  

Can the Giants' offense sustain its Week 2 showing? 

After a sluggish start to the 2025 season, the Giants' offense finally opened up with the deep ball, as quarterback Russell Wilson had one of his best showings, and the Giants' offense as a whole looked the way we suspect Daboll envisioned it. 

New York exploded for 506 net yards on offense, 422 of those via the air. While they’re probably not going to record 500+ net yards on offense, the efficiency shown is something that they can certainly continue striving for. 

More Skattebo?

Last week, the Giants reduced Tyrone Tracy’s role on offense because he had to return kickoffs. That opened the door for an impressive showing by rookie Cam Skattebo, who finished as the team’s leading rusher in Week 2, notching 45 yards on 11 carries for a 4.1 yards per carry average. 

With Xavier Gipson, who was inactive last week, likely to take over the kickoff return duties this week, that should free Tracy up for a larger workload on offense–that is if the coaches have that in the game plan against a Chiefs run defense that has been pretty stout against the run so far this season in allowing just 106.0 rushing yards per game, tied for 15th, and 3.59 rushing yards per play, seventh in the league.