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Graham Gano injury leaves Giants without many fourth-down options

Gano was infamously unavailable for New York for much of last year's Week 2 loss to the Washington Commanders after injuring his hamstring on a tackle attempt, forcing the Giants to go for it on fourth down more often than they would've liked. Now he's iffy for the entirety of Sunday's contest after hurting his groin in pregame warmups. That almost certainly explains coach Brian Daboll's decision to go for it on fourth-and-3 to start New York's night against the Chiefs.

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Giants go run-heavy to start, then fail fourth-down try

New York keeps it on the ground to try to wear down Steve Spagnuolo's defense, logging seven rushes to three passes on the opening series. Both Tyrone Tracy and Cam Skatttebo show some fight to move the sticks, but then Russell Wilson has a short fourth-and-3 strike batted at the line. A wasted opportunity for New York to get on the board first. Part of the problem: Giants kicker Graham Gano is questionable after suffering a groin injury in pregame warmups. Something to watch as we go.

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X factor to watch: Chiefs WR Tyquan Thornton

While speedsters like Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown have taken turns nursing injuries in the Chiefs' pass-catching corps, Mahomes has quickly built at least some rapport with Thornton, the ex-New England Patriots prospect who originally came aboard via the practice squad last November. He ranks third behind only Brown and Travis Kelce in targets (9) and yards (100) as a legitimate field-stretcher, averaging a whopping 25 yards per reception. He should have additional opportunities to go deep against New York.

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Key question: How will Steve Spagnuolo defend Malik Nabers?

Not even double coverage is a guarantee to slow the Giants' No. 1 wideout, who all but singlehandedly kept New York in a shootout against the Cowboys in Week 2, finishing with nine catches for 167 yards and two scores. The Chiefs just got done keeping a tight lid on the Philadelphia Eagles' passing attack, but that's probably more a testament to the way the Birds play football, leaning heavily on the grind-it-out run game. Nabers alone has the electricity to test K.C.'s back end, and if Wilson remains on the money with his deep shots, look out.

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Key question: Can the Chiefs finally establish some offensive rhythm?

Kansas City made it all the way to the Super Bowl at the close of last season, but it's been a long time since Andy Reid's offense actually looked like a juggernaut. That's partially because Patrick Mahomes' offensive line is still in a state of transition. He's also got basically no run support and an aging, injury-prone cast of pass catchers. All that said, he's shown some juice as a scrambler. And the Giants might be just the secondary he needs to see to get things moving down the field after they surrendered 40 points to Dallas.

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Chiefs' inactives for 'SNF'

The official inactive report for Kansas City, with the most notable absentee coming out wide:

RB Elijah Mitchell

WR Xavier Worthy

TE Jared Wiley

OL Hunter Nourzad

DE Mike Danna

CB Kristian Fulton

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