Defense talks plan to stop Washington ground attack

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants got a taste of life in the modern NFL in their first two games, when Dallas and Atlanta combined for 702 passing yards and 136 yards on the ground. The Cowboys and Falcons dropped back to pass 93 times, and had just 45 rushing attempts.

Those ratios are a bit extreme, but hardly shocking in a pass-happy league that has become a weekly aerial show.

But Thursday night, the Giants’ defense will be forced to go old school. Their opponent will be the Washington Redskins, currently the NFL’s foremost practitioners of the run game.