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Breaking down the Giants’ team wagers on offer
Welcome to the New York Giants betting angle, offseason edition! Each week during the NFL season, I write a betting column right here at Big Blue View where I offer up my three favorite wagers for that week’s Giants game. Well, NFL bets aren’t just for the regular season. There are lots of wagers on offer during the offseason too. I’m not sure if this is a good thing, but it’s definitely a thing. Today I’m going to dive into the off-season wagers that you can make on the Giants as a team. I’ll look at individual player props in a later column. Yup, those are available too.
About a week ago, FanDuel published its first slate of team wagers for the 2025-26 season. For each NFL team, there are odds to win the Division, the Conference, and the Super Bowl, and an over/under (O/U) win total available for wagering.
It’s too early for this, I hear you scream. After all, the 2025 NFL Draft hasn’t happened yet, and we don’t know each team’s schedule. Well, that’s true, but these odds came out after all of the big free agents had signed (sorry Aaron Rodgers, you just aren’t that big any more), and with full knowledge of each team’s list of opponents, if not the specific schedule.
Part of the fun of wagering on this stuff early is the incomplete information, which can offer some good value to savvy players. Or so the logic goes. While the lines haven’t moved yet, the odds have, as money has poured in on some of the wagers on offer. More on that in a minute.
Not surprisingly, as of Friday, April 4, the Giants have THE longest odds on the board for winning their division (+2,800), their conference (+10,000), and the Super Bowl (+20,000), and are tied for the lowest O/U win total posted (5.5). Sheesh. I’m not going to spend much time on these long-shot wagers. They’re all probably worth a small sprinkle because of the giant payouts (no pun intended), and especially if you’re a fan of the team. I wouldn’t waste more than a couple of bucks on any of them, though. Can I fault you for plunking down five bucks on the Giants to win the Super Bowl? Nope. $5 to win $10,000 is decent value — better odds than a lottery ticket, which is basically what that bet is.
The wager I want to focus on is the 5.5 O/U win total. FanDuel has the Giants rated as the NFL’s worst team, and early action has already pushed the under on that bet down to -150, while the over sits at +125. This line will likely fall to 4.5 if this trend continues. So how are we feeling about that 5.5 O/U? Let’s dive in.
Last season, the Giants won three games, which tied for the lowest win total in the league. In order to hit the over on 5.5...
