Players to watch when Giants travel to Germany

The Giants will fly to Germany for the next installment of the NFL International Series as they take on the Carolina Panthers at Munich’s Allianz Arena in Week 10.

The Panthers snapped a five-game losing streak last week when they defeated the New Orleans Saints, 23-22, at home. The Giants head into this week’s matchup looking to break a four-game losing streak of their own after they fell to the Washington Commanders, 27-22, at MetLife Stadium.

This will be the Giants’ fourth international regular-season game since their first one back in 2007. This will be the franchise’s first regular-season game played in Germany, as the Giants’ first three international games took place in London, all of which they were the away team. The Giants won all three of those games.

Here are five players to watch in the Week 10 matchup in Munich.

Daniel Jones is coming off one of his best performances of the season, when he completed a season-high 76.9 percent of his passes for 174 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions for a passer rating of 119.7 (also his highest of the season). This marked Jones’ fourth game this year with multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions. The sixth-year quarterback also averaged 7.7 yards per carry, his highest mark of the season, while totaling 54 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

“He’s made a lot of good decisions,” coach Brian Daboll told the media Wednesday. “He’s improved certain things that we work on. He’s got the right mindset. Again, we’ve said this, he’s pretty consistent. He doesn’t get too high; he doesn’t get too low. He does everything he can do every week to try to play as good as he can play the quarterback position for us.”

Jones has an opportunity to make it two consecutive strong outings with a matchup against the Panthers’ defense on deck. Carolina’s defense ranks 32^nd in the league in both points and yards allowed overall. Their pass defense is allowing an average of 232.6 yards per game, the eighth-most in the NFL, while their 18 passing touchdowns surrendered is tied for the fourth-most. In last week’s win, the Panthers allowed Saints quarterback Derek Carr to throw for 236 yards and a touchdown for a 92.9 passer rating. Carr was sacked just once, as the Panthers have just 10 total sacks on the year, tied for the second-fewest.

“A good team, good defense,” Jones said about the Panthers. “I think they have a good system that’s successful across the league. So, we’ll have to know what we’re up against. It’s always about us, it’s always about how we execute, how we prepare throughout the week and get ready to play our best on Sunday. So, we obviously have awareness and study what they do, but the emphasis is on us and controlling our preparation.”