The New York Jets (6-5) head to play the New York Giants (5-6) at MetLife Stadium this week. The NFL’s fourth-leading receiver, Odell Beckham Jr. (1,005 yards, 9 TDs), will be a player to watch in this game. Losing three of its last four, this rough season hasn’t gotten any better for New York. Kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec 6 and will air on CBS.
In last week’s game, New York fell to the Redskins 20-14. Odell Beckham Jr. had a great game in the loss, grabbing nine receptions for 142 yards and one TD. Eli Manning had a great game as well, adding 321 yards and two TDs through the air. New York is looking to repeat last week when it defeated the Dolphins 38-20. Brandon Marshall had a huge game for the Jets, pulling in nine receptions for 131 yards and two TDs. Ryan Fitzpatrick also had a great game with 277 yards and four TDs through the air.
The odds between the Giants and the Jets are even this week, while the Over/Under (O/U) is sitting at 45 points.
Sitting at 5-6 Straight Up (SU) and 6-4-1 Against The Spread (ATS), the Giants will look to improve heading into Week 13. In their five most recent matchups, the Giants went 2-3 SU and 3-1-1 ATS. It is critical for the Jets to prepare for New York’s big-play defense, which ranks second in the league with 2.1 turnovers per game. The Giants hope to continue the trend of torching New York’s defense during the second quarter, when they allow 8.8 points per game. Giving up 109.3 return yards per game, highest in the NFL, New York’s special teams may give the Giants an opportunity to break a long return this week.
Across the field, the Jets head into Week 13 with records of 5-5-1 ATS and 6-5 SU. Over their last five games, the Jets have a SU record of 2-3 and a 1-4 record ATS. It is anticipated that New York will utilize a strong passing attack against a defense that allows 292.6 passing yards per home game, worst in the league. Moving on to the New York defense, it has some favorable matchups that it may be able to take advantage of as well. The New York run defense is a menacing unit. They allow 84.4 rushing yards per game, No. 1 in the NFL. The Jets should be aware that the Giants have been victims of late scoring during the fourth quarter, when they allow 9.4 points per game. New York has avoided penalties this season, receiving 5.9 per game, the second-fewest in the league.
Predictions: SU Winner – NYJ, ATS Winner – NYJ, O/U – Over
Notes
NY Jets are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the NY Jets last 7 games.
NY Jets are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
NY Jets are 6-17 SU in their last 23 games on the road.
NY Jets are 6-9-3 ATS in their last 18 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Jets last 6 games on the road.
NY Jets are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing NY Giants.
NY Jets are 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing NY Giants.
New York is 6-1 SU when leading at the start of the fourth quarter this season. New York is 5-3 SU when carrying a lead into the fourth quarter.
New York is only 1-2 SU in games where it wins the turnover battle, and an even 4-4 SU when losing the turnover battle.
New York has drawn an average of 8.4 penalties on opponents over its last five games. New York is an even 2-2 SU this season when penalized at least eight times in a game.
New York is rated higher in the ground game on both sides of the ball. Its 13th-ranked rushing attack will face the 19th-ranked run defense of New York, while its first-ranked run defense will look to contain the 28th-ranked rushing game of the Giants.
