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By: Joe Lami

There are two uncertainties heading into San Francisco’s Monday Night’s contest against the New York Giants.

The first is the location of the game. On Saturday night, a report came out that the game could be moved from poor air quality due to the devastating Camp Fire. The league has said that the game can be relocated to Arizona or another NFL stadium that has the right infrastructure. There’s also a possibility that the game gets moved to Tuesday.

The other uncertainty is how quarterback, Nick Mullens will perform in his second straight NFL start. He impressed everyone in last Thursday’s pummeling of the Oakland Raiders, but a question remains if the Raiders were serious competition.

Mullens made 49ers’ history in his debut throwing 16 of 22 for 262 yards, three touchdowns equaling a 151.9 QB rating. He was effective by getting the ball out fast and quickly progressing through his reads.

Shanahan will likely again gameplan Mullens to throw quick, intermediate passes that are set up by a strong run game. If Mullens can once again quickly progress through his reads and accurately pass the ball, he should have no difficulty shredding through a mediocre Giants’ defense.

The 1-8 Giants’ main downfall has been their offense. Even with Odell Beckham Jr., quarterback, Eli Manning has been bad, throwing just eight touchdowns on the season. His offensive line hasn’t helped either, allowing 31 sacks on the season.

The lone bright spot on offense has been rookie running back, Saquon Barkley. The former Heisman winner has rushed for 519 yards and five touchdowns so far making him the front-runner for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Luckily for the Niners, Matt Breida is outrushing Barkley, giving no reason why they shouldn’t destroy the second worst team in the NFL when game time comes.

Prediction:
San Francisco 24
New York 10