The 2016 NFL season continues Sunday night as the New York Giants hit the road to take on the Green Bay Packers.
Sunday Night Football on NBC will kick off at 8:00 p.m. ET. A livestream is available on NBCSports.com. Pre-game show will be streamed beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
The game is dripping with story lines.
Will Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham keep his poise and bounce back from the worst game of his career? In Monday night's loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Beckham was limited to three receptions for a career-low 23 yards. After scoring 25 touchdowns in the first 27 games of his career, Beckham hasn't found the end zone in four games this year.
"I think he'll respond well. I think he'll be excited to get out there and play again," Giants coach Ben McAdoo said. "I think a short week is a great week for a lot of reasons, and coming off of a tough loss at Minnesota, I think he'll be excited to get back on the field."
Beckham has a chance to get back on track against the Packers.
After being frustrated by Washington's Josh Norman and Minnesota's Xavier Rhodes, Beckham will attack a Packers pass defense that ranks 29th in yards allowed. That unit has had trouble coping with the loss of cornerback Sam Shields, who figures to miss his third consecutive game with a concussion. Last year's first-round pick, Damarious Randall, has struggled to adapt to life as the team's top cornerback, with Minnesota's Stefon Diggs and Detroit's Marvin Jones having big days mainly at his expense the past two games.
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"I know we've been struggling -- me in particular has been struggling," Randall said. "The great thing about that, I'm not struggling because of the receivers. I'm struggling because of myself. I know I'm going to bounce back."
While Randall tries to bounce back, McAdoo is coming back to Green Bay, where he worked as tight ends coach from 2006-11 and quarterbacks coach in 2012 and 2013.
If he was feeling nostalgic, he wasn't showing it.
"I haven't given it much thought," McAdoo said. "It's a quick week for us this week, playing on Monday night, fast turnaround. I'm sure I'll have some thoughts and emotions when I walk through the tunnel for the first time."
