NFL Odds: Seahawks open as home favorites against the New York Giants
DraftKings Sportsbook does expect this to be one of the higher scoring games of the week as the over/under is currently set at 46.5 points.Despite being 6-1, the Giants record is rather deceiving. They’ve narrowly avoided defeat a multitude of times this season. The G-men needed a last-minute touchdown and two-point conversion to beat thein Week 1 and required a tackle at the half-yard line to beat the Jaguars in Week 7.
From a roster standpoint the Giants feature one of the best players in the NFL in Saquon Barkley. The 2018 second overall pick has gone for 100 or more scrimmage yards in five of their seven games this season and gotten 18 or more touches in all but one game. Outside of Barkley, the offense is shaky. The wide receiver room is badly injured with the likes of Kadarius Toney and Sterling Shepard banged up and second-round pick Wan’dale Robinson suffering an injury against the Jags.
On the defensive side of the ball the Giants are beatable, but they’ve held up enough this season. Over the last three weeks the Giants have allowed 100-yard rushers twice, including to Travis Etienne and Kenyan Drake. From a passing game standpoint, the Giants defense has been average but they do aggressively blitz under defensive coordinator Wink Martindale.