It’s another new beginning for the proud Giants franchise in 2020, as Joe Judge replaces Pat Shurmur as head coach and Daniel Jones begins his first full season as the starter. Eli Manning is not only off the roster, he’s now retired altogether. Key pieces that missed multiple games last season – Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepherd and Evan Engram – are all healthy and will look to bounce back, while the defensive side of the ball has also seen significant turnover through free agency and the draft following a significantly lackluster effort in 2019.
2020 NEW YORK GIANTS SCHEDULE AND ODDS
GIANTS SUPER BOWL ODDS
The Giants’ Super Bowl LV odds opened up as +6600. At those odds, a bettor placing a $10 wager would therefore win $660 (plus the original $10 wager amount) if the bet was successful. See below for the best Giants Super Bowl odds.
GIANTS NFC EAST ODDS
The Giants’ odds of winning the NFC East, in which they finished third last season, were as high as +1400 in August, which gives them the third-lowest chance in the oddsmakers’ eyes. At those odds, a bettor placing a $10 wager would therefore win $140 (plus the original $10 wager amount) if the bet was successful. See below for the best NFC East odds for the Giants right now.
GIANTS WIN TOTAL
The Giants’ current projected win total is currently 6 wins. Odds on the Giants finishing over that number are currently -125 and odds on them falling short of that total are +103. These figures, as well as those for the Super Bowl and Division Winner, will usually vary throughout the offseason, preseason and regular season based on a number of factors.
2019 GIANTS SEASON IN REVIEW
New York Giants record: 4-12
2019 Regular-Season ATS: 7-9 (43.8 percent)
2019 Over/Under: 10-6 (62.5 percent)
In contrast to division mates Philadelphia and Dallas, expectations were decidedly low in New York coming into the 2019 campaign. As it turned out, coach Pat Shurmur’s crew delivered on that prognosis and then some, with the forgettable campaign costing Shurmur his job and also indirectly leading to the retirement of franchise legend Eli Manning. However, that’s not to say there weren’t bright spots. In fact, following the Week 3 promotion of rookie quarterback Daniel Jones, who the Giants had taken slack for selecting sixth overall the prior April, New York erased an 0-2 start with back-to-back wins.
Unfortunately, Saquon Barkley suffered an ankle injury in that first victory, leading to him missing the next three contests. Jones also sat for a pair of contests late in the year with an ankle issue of his own, which afforded Manning the last two starts of his career. Receiver Sterling Shepard missed six games with a concussion, and promising tight end Evan Engram played just half the season due to knee and Lisfranc injuries. Offseason acquisition Golden Tate also got a late start to his first Big Apple season because of a four-game season-opening suspension. And if that wasn’t enough, New York’s defense was also a constant albatross around the neck of the team.
The need to often play catch-up did lead to some solid numbers for Jones (3,027 passing yards, 26 total touchdowns), while Shepard’s extended absence provided Darius Slayton an opportunity to shine (two 100-yard games, 48 receptions, 15.4 YPC, eight touchdowns). Barkley got over the 1,000-yard mark on the last Sunday of the season and will undoubtedly look forward to a healthy 2020. Ownership did deem a change at the top was needed following the 4-12 season, however, leading to the hiring of former Patriots special teams/receivers coach Joe Judge as head coach and former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator.