Will the New York Giants beat the Atlanta Falcons in week 15?

If you want to talk about an NFC matchup for this week, you have to mention the Giants and Falcons game. New York meets Atlanta at the Georgia Dome on Sunday afternoon.

Even though the Falcons have clinched the division title they are looking to win in order to hold on to the first place seed in the playoffs and get the first round bye week. With 11 wins and only 2 losses this year they certainly will be involved in the play offs, but with a number of division and conference matchups scheduled in the final weeks of the season, it just hasn’t been determined at what capacity and what seed spot they will hold on to.

The Giants, with an 8 and 5 record are in a must win situation for the balance of the regular season. They lead the NFC East, but the Redskins and Cowboys are only 1 game behind in the division. They must win this game since a loss by them, with a win by either of their division rivals, could unseat them from their 4th seed position.

Time and time again over the years, many analysts, football fans and sometimes even the bookies do not always remember that the Giants have often played their best football games under pressure. With their backs up against the wall they have proven numerous times they can come back and win games when it appeared they would not, and with a win this week against the Falcons, they would show why they are the champions.

Who do the sportsbooks pick to win the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New York Giants, and what are the odds?

As of Friday afternoon checking the line on this game at a number of books, I was surprised to see the line at even. The odds makers do not seem to have enough faith in either team to pick a clear winner in this game.

Looking at their offense rankings; Falcons 8th and Giants 9th, passing Atlanta 4th and NY 9th, they are pretty closely matched. On the ground the Falcons have a rank of 28th to the Giants 15th. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the entire game will be won or lost with the defense, but each defense will have a lot of responsibility to get their jobs done.

Even though the Giants are ranked 24th in defense, they have a ranking of 6th against the pass and this means that they will be ready and aware of how important it will be to keep heavy pressure on Falcon quarterback Matt Ryan and his key receivers Tony Gonzalez and Julio Jones. Normally Roddy White would make that list also but it has not been determined if he will play Sunday due to a knee injury.

The football game between these two top rated NFC teams will certainly be a good one. They each have great ranked quarterbacks and both have proven they can make the plays needed to win games. I honestly think that when the smoke clears that the Giants will be the ones to conquer this week.

I think that as long as New York can keep from making a lot of mistakes, especially during the early parts of the game and get some momentum during the first half, they will be able to shut down Ryan and keep the Falcons from gaining the edge.

Even though the books did not give any points in the spread I will. I think that the Giants can win this game by 2 points.

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