Predictions are just that – predictions – but when it’s your team they’re making the predictions about, they will usually get a rise out of most fans.
The New York Giants enter the 2019 season with a ton of question marks and just about everyone has a prediction of how the Giants’ season is going to go.
Here’s s few over/under prop bets for the upcoming season…
Giants will win more than six games in 2019
According to mybookie.com, the Giants are +100 to win over six games and -130 to win less than six. Last year, they won five games and should have won about eight. But the team has gone through another huge turnover personnel-wise, so it’s hard to gauge right now if they’re better or worse.
Ralph Vacchiano at SNY.tv thinks the Giants will easily eclipse six victories this season.
“The Giants will still be alive in the NFC playoff chase when they take the field for their regular-season finale. That’s not to say they’ll make the playoffs. It’s only to say that they won’t be eliminated before the final game. They will be at least 8-7 heading into that game, with the playoffs still in reach.”
I think he could be right. The Giants have the fifth-easiest schedule in the league this year, their opponents have a collective .473 winning percentage from the 2018 season. My prediction: 8-8.
Giants will have over 40 sacks as a team in 2019
In 2018, the Giants had 30 sacks, which tied them with the Patriots for next to last in the league. They were led by outside linebacker Olivier Vernon, who had seven. He was traded to Cleveland this past offseason which leaves defensive end B.J. Hill (5.5) and linebacker Lorenzo Carter (4.0) as the team’s top returning sackers.
Don’t fret, though. The Giants have loaded up on front seven players this offseason. First, they added former Arizona Cardinals linebacker Markus Golden, who will be reunited with defensive coordinator James Bettcher, under who he recorded 12.5 sacks in 2016.
The Giants then drafted massive defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, who they expect to provide a pass rush in the middle and also selected outside linebacker/defensive end Oshane Ximines, another pass rushing threat.
The league average was 39 sacks in 2018 and the Giants have a good shot to surpass that average in 2019.
Giants will average over 30 points per game in 2019
Points win games in the NFL. Who knew? Last season, the Giants averaged 23.1 points per game but only scored over 20 points twice in the first half of the season. The result? They went 1-7.
In the second half of the season, they scored over 20 points seven times and compiled a 4-4 record. It’s not a coincidence that the teams that rack up the most points will go far in today’s NFL. The top four scoring teams — the Chiefs, Rams, Saints and Patriots, were the four teams in the conference championship games in January.
If the Giants can put up seven more points per game this year, they will reach Vacchiano’s expectations. Keep in mind, they lost eight games by seven points or less.
