The New York Giants are 5-1 SU and 4-1-1 ATS in their last six games against the New York Jets. The Giants will try to snap a five-game losing streak this Sunday when they take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium, the home the two teams share.
Sportsbook Odds Analysis
With an abysmal loss to the Miami Dolphins and Le’Veon Bell’s status for Sunday’s game in question, the New York Jets have fallen from a 1-point home favorite to a 2.5-point home underdog. The total in this one has gone up a point from 42.5 to 43.5.
Giants News & Notes
Daniel Jones took over from Eli Manning as starting quarterback in Week 3 and led the Giants to a 32-31 upset win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New York carried the momentum of that win into a 24-3 victory at home over the Washington Redskins, and appeared to be on the right track at 2-2 SU on the season.
Since then, the Giants have gone 0-5 SU and 1-4 ATS over their last five games. Jones has had his ups and downs as you’d expect from a rookie, but the real issue has been the team’s defense, which has allowed 31.6 points per game over the team’s current five-game losing streak. Some fans were blaming a black cat running onto the field for a 37-18 loss on Monday night to the Dallas Cowboys – but things weren’t going much better before the cat showed up.
Jets News & Notes
If there was any doubt before that the Adam Gase hire was a colossal failure, getting dominated by the horrendous Miami Dolphins in a 26-18 loss to the league’s worst team should alleviate that doubt. The Jets are now 1-7 SU and 2-6 ATS on the season, and Sam Darnold has regressed under Gase’s guidance even though the coach’s experience with quarterbacks was one of the main reasons he was hired in the first place.
Le’Veon Bell will reportedly be able to play through a knee injury this Sunday, but the Jets are holding him out of Wednesday’s practice as a precaution. Bell has been a major bust for the Jets this season too, averaging a dismal 3.3 yards per carry with only one touchdown in 125 rushes for 415 yards. The Jets are 1-8 SU in their last nine games as a betting underdog.
Betting Pick: OVER 43.5
It’ll be tough to trust either of these teams to win. The OVER isn’t a whole lot more trustworthy with these inconsistent offenses, but with two of the league’s bottom eight scoring defenses going at it, there should be enough offense to get over 44 points.