Two struggling teams face off in the NFL on Monday night when the Giants and 49ers clash in San Francisco with both looking for a rare bright spark this season.
There’s just a combined wins between these two once storied franchises that are now battling it out for the first pick of the draft rather than play-off places.
Rookie quarterback Nick Mullens had one of the best NFL debuts of all time last week against the Raiders, and he’s bagged the starting spot again against a Giants defence that has the fifth-fewest interceptions this season.
New York’s defence will still present a bigger challenge than the hapless Raiders did on Mullens’ debut, and it’s hard to trust anyone on either of these teams with any confidence.
The Giants have had a bye week to get themselves together and are going up against a third-string quarterback but still go into the game as 3.5-point underdogs due to the mess their season has become.
Eli Manning is under all sorts of pressure but in receiver Odell Beckham and running back Saquon Barkley the Giants have the two best players, elite players at that, on the field on Monday night so getting them the ball as often as possible should be their gameplan.
The Giants have no problems moving the chains but they simply can’t turn those yards into points as they average just under 19 per game and have scored 14 touchdowns. By contrast, the Kansas City Chiefs average 18 points a half and Todd Gurley has scored more TDs by himself.
The 49ers are relatively welcoming to opposing offences though as over one-in-three drives against them get into the red zone, so it’s a great chance for Big Blue’s playmakers to finally get some joy.
Verdict: New York Giants win at 29/20
Touchdowns: George Kittle & Odell Beckham both to score at 5/1
RequestABet: Giants win, over 45.5 match points, Barkley to score a TD & 100 total yards at 13/2
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