An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Packers Week 5 matchup in London.

Packers edge rushers Preston Smith and Rashan Gary vs. Giants offensive tackles Andrew Thomas and Evan Neal 

This Packers duo gets after it. Gary leads his team with 5.0 sacks and had 9.5 sacks in 2021. Smith has 2.5 sacks this season and 52 in a career in its eighth season. 

Thomas is Pro Football Focus’ top-rated player in the entire league and he has been a force as a pass protector and run blocker.

Neal allowed three sacks two weeks ago to the Cowboys’ DeMarcus Lawrence, but played better against the Bears before exiting early with a neck issue. He got through practice this week and is ready to roll. 

This one does not add up in the Giants’ favor. They have not faced a pure passer anything akin to Aaron Rodgers all season, their wide receiver situation is a mess, their offense struggles to break 20 points, and their defense is again missing valuable starters. Navigating ways to victories is admirable, but sometimes you have to keep up in a high-scoring affair. Where are the points going to come from? 

Packers 31, Giants 13 

NO STOP SIGN: None of the four Giants opponents has really stymied Saquon Barkley. He has run for 164, 72, 81 and 146 yards, leads the NFL with 463 rushing yards and is on pace for 1,968 this season. He is unlikely to keep up this pace, though. The Packers are not up to their usual standards with their run defense, allowing 126.8 rushing yards per game, just 22nd in the league. 

“It’s going to be a focal point for a lot of teams to try to stop us,’’ Barkley said. “A lot of teams are going to do a lot of new and different things, come up with creative ways. We’ve just got to focus on ourselves and adjust whenever they come out to try something.’’ 

Getting defensive: The metrics are all there: The Giants are effective on defense because they excel at what is important. They are second in the league in red-zone defense, allowing points just 35.7 percent of the time (the Broncos are first at 27.2 percent). The Giants are third in third-down conversion rate at 29.4 percent. 

“I think the guys, the players themselves, have really studied the game, especially situational football, different things like third down and red zone,’’ defensive coordinator Wink Martindale said. ‘They’ve really done a nice job of studying not only what we’re doing as a defense, but what the offense does.’’ 

Ground and pound: Yes, Aaron Rodgers can still sling it better than almost anyone. No, the Packers do not heavily rely on their passing attack. They are 10th in the NFL with a run rate of 44.8 percent. A.J. Dillon has gotten slightly more rushing attempts, but Aaron Jones has gotten more yards. Dillon averages just 3.7 yards per attempt, but Jones has forced 18 missed tackles, according to Pro Football Focus, the fourth-highest total in the league. The Packers are seventh in the NFL in rushing, averaging 145 yards per game. 

Shock troops: This is getting more than worrisome. The Giants have not seen much production whatsoever from their wide receivers, and now they are dropping like flies. They will be without Kadarius Toney, Kenny Golladay and Wan’Dale Robinson (plus Sterling Shepard on injured reserve) and will have to rely on David Sills, Richie James, Darius Slayton and perhaps practice squad call-up Marcus Johnson. 

“We’ve had guys step up throughout the year,” Daniel Jones said, but he was being kind. That really has not been the case with the league’s least-imposing group. “I’m confident in our guys,’’ Jones said.