{"id":249446,"date":"2022-12-23T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T22:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=249446"},"modified":"2022-12-23T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T22:14:52","slug":"new-york-giants-quest-vs-minnesota-vikings-is-stopping-justin-jefferson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-giants-quest-vs-minnesota-vikings-is-stopping-justin-jefferson\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants’ Quest vs. Minnesota Vikings is Stopping Justin Jefferson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pretty much all of the NFL’s postseason award winners are known as we enter Week 16 of the NFL season. The Offensive Player of the Year award is expected to go to Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who leads the league in receptions, receiving yards, and average yards per game, 115.9.<\/p>\n

Think about that last stat for a moment, Giants fans.<\/p>\n

A guy who catches the ball for a living is averaging more yardage per game than Saquon Barkley (21.0), Darius Slayton (48.5) and Richie James (28.8) put together. And those are the Giants’ top three in terms of receiving yards. Add up all the yardage those three have combined for this season, and their total of 1,328 yards does not come close to matching Jefferson’s 1,623 receiving yards. He is on pace to finish with 1,971 yards, which would break Calvin Johnson\u2019s record of 1,964 yards from 2012.<\/p>\n

Jefferson is a -200 favorite to win Offensive Player of the Year. One of the few players who can theoretically catch him in the yardage category is Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills, although that would take one heck of an epic performance. Diggs, on the board at +10000 for Offensive Player of the Year — despite ranking second among all NFL receivers with 10 TD receptions — is 324 yards behind Jefferson entering Buffalo’s game Saturday against the Chicago Bears in frigid conditions in the Windy City.<\/p>\n

Jefferson will not have to deal with the weather aside from his ride to U.S. Bank Field in Minneapolis, where the high temperature for Saturday’ Giants-Vikings tilt\u00a0 is expected to be 4 degrees Fahrenheit … outside.<\/p>\n

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@KarlTowns<\/a> with your Minneapolis weather report of the day: pic.twitter.com\/RSIl3ytdyY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Charlie Walton (@CharlieWaltonMN) December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n