New York Giants prop bets: 3 best picks and predictions for Week 1

NFL football is back and the New York Giants host the Denver Broncos Sunday at MetLife Stadium with the game is set to kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the top Giants pop bets, and make our best NFL picks, predictions and bets.

The Giants will be looking forward to getting RB Saquon Barkley back in action. He played in just two games in 2020. Just his presence on the field should help. WR Kenny Golladay is also a go and will make his Giants debut.

Broncos OLB Bradley Chubb and DE Von Miller will make life difficult for them.

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Week 1 Giants prop bets

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 9 a.m. ET.

Giants WR Kenny Golladay OVER 43.5 receiving yards (-118)

The Giants signed Golladay late in the offseason, and he is arguably the best receiver Jones has ever played with.

The 27-year-old struggled to stay on the field last season with the Detroit Lions but the season before, he was 10 yards shy of 1,200 and had a league-high 11 touchdowns.

If he’s as involved as a top threat should be, Over 41 yards should be seen as good value.

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Giants RB Saquon Barkley UNDER 13.5 rush attempts (-130)

The Giants had Barkley listed as questionable on the final injury report but cleared him to play in time for Sunday. He’ll be in the lineup after tearing his ACL just two games into the 2020 season.

Denver’s opponents averaged 27 rushing attempts per game last season, but with Barkley, the Broncos will likely stack the box if he’s in the backfield, making screenplays more advantageous for getting the star involved.

Backup Devontae Booker is not Barkley, but he’s a competent back. I wouldn’t be surprised if he nabs some attempts while Barkley works to get back into the speed of things.

Barkley had at least 13 attempts in 11 of 13 games during his last fully healthy season; however, this is more of a play against his heavy involvement and the Giants staff easing him back into the lineup.

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Giants WR Sterling Shepard UNDER 4.5 receptions (-137)

The Giants actually have …. multiple decent threats. That doesn’t feel like something anyone has said since Odell Beckham Jr. was in the Big Apple.

Barkley and Golladay will eat up a good chunk of the targets and Darius Slayton may be the Giants best long threat. Shepard is a great receiver and should have a solid season but to think he’ll hit 5 receptions when Jones went over 25 completions just once last season just doesn’t seem right.

The return of Barkley, the addition of Golladay and the struggles of Jones should limit Shephard’s involvement.

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