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Just how many games will the New York Giants win in 2025?
The Giants are coming off one of their best pre-season performances in recent memory. And while preseason results should always be taken with a grain of salt, the Giants largely played hard and executed well. They even showed growth and improvement over the course of the three games.
But how will that translate into the regular season? There’s obviously excitement How is the Giants’ unexpected performance impacting their perception outside the building?
We decided to look to the betting odds to see what the perception of the Giants is from the people who have money on the line.
Fanduel odds: 6 wins (-105)
This is in line with the over/under we saw during the off-season. Throughout the spring and summer the over/under line was at 5.5 wins, and most slightly favoring the “under”. Now though, the betting markets seem to have coalesced around a slight “over”.
FanDuel lists the money line for over 5.5 wins at -110, while the line for over 6.5 wins is +165. Combined with their line on a 6-win season being an almost even -105, that pretty much succinctly suggests that most in the betting market are expecting a 6-11 season from the Giants.
For what it’s worth, that’s my prediction as well, though I’d add that I would not be surprised to see them exceed those expectations.
Fanduel odds: +680
Fanduel gives the Giants the 3rd-worst odds in the NFL to make the NFL. The only teams considered more unlikely to make the playoffs are the New Orleans Saints (+820) and Cleveland Browns (+920).
We shouldn’t be too surprised to see the Giants listed as one of the least-likely teams to make the playoffs — or perhaps one of the most likely teams to miss the playoffs (-1,200).
This is in line with a recent projection from The Athletic that gave the Giants a 5.6 percent chance of making the playoffs. That too was the second-worst in the NFC, and third-worst in the NFL as a whole. It also has the Giants leading the Browns and Saints in that order.
There are some who’ve tied Brian Daboll’s survival as the Giants’ head coach to a playoff berth, though I’m not sure where they got that notion. It’s entirely possible that the Giants could have a much-improved season in which they still miss the playoffs. The NFC is expected to be formidable in 2025 and produce several very good teams. It’s possible that the Giants could be in contention for a wildcard spot, but still miss out due to tiebreakers.
For what it’s worth, the Giants are the fifth least likely team to win the Super Bowl at +17,500. They lead the Tennessee Titans (+20,000), New York Jets (22,500), Browns (30,000), and Saints (40,000). So while the Giants are considered less likely to make the playoffs than the Titans and Jets, they’re considered more...
