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The New York Giants (5-7) sit at atop the NFC East after their major upset of the Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday and now will host another ascending NFC West team this Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals (6-6), at MetLife Stadium.
BetMGM made the Cardinals 2.5-point road favorites in the game but have not yet set the over/under, likely because of the uncertain status of Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, who is nursing a strained hamstring.
The Giants are currently on a four-game winning streak which has jettisoned them into the lead in the NFC East, a division that has fallen on hard times. The four teams had not defeated a team with a winning record until this past week when the Giants knocked off the 8-3 Seahawks and the Washington Football Team hung a loss on the 11-0 Pittsburgh Steelers, both on the road.
The Cardinals have lost three consecutive games. They lost two close ones in Seattle and New England and then were bested by the L.A. Rams, 38-28, at home this past weekend.
Arizona is led by second-year quarterback Kyler Murray, the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, who has become a legitimate weapon and star in the NFL. He is currently the most productive player on all of the major daily fantasy football sites.
The Giants’ 2020 schedule reads like a tour of teams who chose quarterbacks with the No. 1 pick the last few years. In Week 4, they played the Rams (Jared Goff, 2016) and in Week 12, they faced which, who was without Joe Burrow, this year’s top pick. Next week, they will host the Cleveland Browns, who are led by 2018’s top pick, Baker Mayfield.
The Cardinals are 5-7 against the spread and three of their six losses have come by three points. The other losses are by 10, seven and 10 points. Like the Giants, they don’t go down without a fight.
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