2017 New York Giants Season Win Total Picks

by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2017

2016 Record: 11-5

2017 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 9.0

2017 Season Win Total Pick: 'Under'

The Giants have traditionally been one of the easiest teams in the NFL to handicap. When they are posted as an underdog or not expected to do anything they always show up and overperform. And when they are faced with expectations and heaped with hype they always manage to underachieve.

So I'm skeptical this season about the prevailing media narrative that the Giants are a team on the rise and a true contender in the NFC.

The Giants were certainly overachievers last season, winning 11 games and making the postseason for just the second time in eight years. The Giants rode the back of a dominating defense, their best in a decade, and were able to overcome a hapless offense while winning seven gam es by six points or less. Statistically, New York overachieved past their Pythagorean Win Total by over two full games.

My main issue with the Giants this year is on offense. A lot has been made of their signing of Brandon Marshall. But he's a past-his-prime head case with some of the worst hands in the business. Further, offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan is one of the worst OCs in the league. Last year the Giants offensive scheme and play calling was on par with that of a high school program. Their offensive line stinks. They don't have any running backs. And the cherry on top is that overrated turnover machine Eli Manning looked lost at times last season and at nearly 37 years old is well past his prime.

Defensively, the Giants should again field a rock-solid unit. However, I don't expect them to finish in the Top 10 in yards and scoring again. Last year their 18.1 defensive yards per point was well beyond the norm, and if the injury issues that hit them in 2014 and 2015 creep back on this side of the ball there isn't enough depth to sustain.

The Giants open with three of their first four games on the road and close with three of their final four at home against divisional opponents. They also have three West Coast road trips. Nothing will come easy.

New York had posted three straight losing seasons before busing out for last year's 11 wins. But, again, they overachieved. I think the NFC East is as deep and rugged as ever, and I don't know that any of the four teams will get to 10 wins. I have the Giants staying 'under' this season and failing to live up to the hype.

Giants Regular Season Schedule (All times Eastern)

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent
1	10-Sep	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Dallas Cowboys
2	18-Sep	8:30 p.m. EDT	Detroit Lions
3	24-Sep	1:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Eagles
4	1-Oct	4:05 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5	8-Oct	1:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles Chargers
6	15-Oct	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Denver Broncos
7	22-Oct	4:25 p.m. EDT	Seattle Seahawks
8	29-Oct		Bye
9	5-Nov	1:00 p.m. EST	Los Angeles Rams
10	12-Nov	4:25 p.m. EST	at San Francisco 49ers
11	19-Nov	1:00 p.m. EST	Kansas City Chiefs
12	23-Nov	8:30 p.m. EST	at Washington Redskins
13	3-Dec	4:25 p.m. EST	at Oakland Raiders
14	10-Dec	4:25 p.m. EST	Dallas Cowboys
15	17-Dec	1:00 p.m. EST	Philadelphia Eagles
16	24-Dec	4:25 p.m. EST	at Arizona Cardinals
17	31-Dec	1:00 p.m. EST	Washington Redskins

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Pick:	KANSAS CITY CHIEFS -5.5
Start:	December 15, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

Analysis:

Free Play from Doc’s Sports. Take #465 Kansas City Chiefs -5.5 over Cleveland Browns (1p.m., Sunday, December 15 CBS) The Chiefs keep winning games and sooner or later one of those wins will come by a comfortable margin. I look for that to be this Sunday against a Browns team that is just playing out the string. Cleveland currently sits at 3- 10 and will enter this game having lost 4 of their last 5 games. Their only win came against Pittsburgh in a snow game on a short week. All 4 of those losses by the Browns have come over the posted number for this game. Kansas City is better on both sides of the football, and I just do not see the Browns offense keeping pace. Do not miss out on Doc’s Sports Weekend card featuring top plays in basketball, football, and hockey. We will feature our World-Famous Nonconference Game of the Year in College Basketball on Saturday. This game has won 13 of the 15 years it has been in existence and it is a must have for any big game hunter. Read More Read Less

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