The 1-0 New York Giants travel across the country to face the surpringly 0-1 Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football in Week 2 of the NFL season. Here are five storylines to pay attention to.

The future Hall of Fame defensive tackle, a nine-time First-Team All-Pro in 10 seasons, is back with the Rams after a two-year retirement.

The 35-year-old did not make the trip to Australia with the team. Could he make his return Monday night?

”We haven’t decided that yet,” [Rams coach Sean] McVay said. “He’s going to continue to work his process and we’ll see what that looks like.”

NFL Insider Ian Rapoport said there is “very, very realistic chance” Donald will be in uniform against the Giants.

How much, and how well, Donald can play at this point are legitimate questions.

The Giants are riding high after an upset victory. The Rams are facing questions after an unexpected — and unexpectedly large — season-opening loss, as well as the injury to star defensive end Myles Garrett.

Does all of that psychology actually matter?

“Maybe initially kind of – we’re all human, right? So, we’re all like, ‘Okay, what happened to this team?’,” said Giants fullback Patrick Ricard. “Like you look at the Rams. Like, you’re going to initially think they’re going to be pissed off, right? Like, they had to go to Australia, and they obviously didn’t win that game. So, I feel like they’re going to come back, and they have a vengeance and they’re going to be really just – so yeah, there is a little bit to it.

“But I feel like at the end of the day all that really matters is, after a game get your bodies right, get recovered, start feeling good for the week, dive in on who we’re playing, kind of get the personnel, and then get the game plan from our coaches, and then just practice and execute those plays and learn the best we can. And then have a good week of practice and then just get ready to play.”

Facing the Cowboys and Rams, two teams expected to be among the best in the NFC, looked like a difficult way to start the season.

Entering that stretch, coming out 1-1 looked like it would be a victory for the Giants.

It still might be considered that. Still, this game looks more winnable for the Giants than it did before the season started. The Giants remain 7.5-point underdogs, but that is down from an opening line of 9.5.

The Giants’ victory over the Cowboys was not a fluke. They clearly earned it. The Rams are clearly not the unbeatable machine they were billed as before the season began.

Los Angeles remains an outstanding team, should be favored Monday night, and probably wins the game. Still, I’m not going to tell Giants fans they shouldn’t dream a little bit.

The Giants were about as efficient on offense as they could possibly have been against the Cowboys.

Jaxson Dart was 23 of 29, a career-best 79.3% completion rate.The Giants were 9 of 11 on third-down, 9 of 10 if you take out a game-ending kneel down.New York held the ball for 36:40.The Giants had three scoring drives of 10 plays or more, two of which lasted longer than eight minutes.

Explosive chunk plays, that’s what. The Giants had only one play of more than 20 yards, a 22-yard Dart run that turned into a 37-yard play thanks to a late hit by DeMarvion Overshown of the Cowboys.

The Giants were successful going the long, hard way against the Cowboys. Over the course of the season, the Giants will need more big plays.

“I don’t know if methodical would be our identity throughout the entire season,” Dart said after the game. “I think that that was just what was needed to win this game. We had success, we had the lead, and our coaches did an amazing job of just putting us in a great situation to capitalize on those moments and to really just be in control.

“So, I think every single game is going to have a different thing that you have to adjust to, but that was kind of the key thing tonight: We were able to put really long drives together, execute on a high note, and then when we got down to the red zone, we were able to capitalize with a touchdown.”

Tyrone Tracy Jr. got a uniform against the Cowboys, with four-time 1,000-yard rusher Najee Harris inactive. Tracy had a costly fumble on his second — and final — carry of the game. Will those two switch places on Monday night?