Will the New York Giants win the game against the Baltimore Ravens in week 16?

Tied for 1st place in the NFC East the New York Giants are another NFC team that although they are mathematically still in the hunt, they have seen their playoffs hopes become a more difficult battle these past few weeks.

Not only would the Giants have to win this week, but losses would also have to be suffered by Washington, Minnesota, Chicago, and Dallas. It is not very likely that each of the above losses will take place this week so the chances of NY going to the playoffs have all but vanished at this point.

Last year’s Superbowl Champions NY Giants had showed quite a bit of promise heading in the back stretch of the regular season but 2 key losses in the last 4 weeks with NFC Conference rivals Atlanta and Washington was enough to bump them out of the seed spots they had been holding for the wild card spots.

The Giants have the 10th ranked offense and they are ranked 9th for their air game and 15th on the ground so they have proven that they can play championship football, but they just have too many times found themselves with their backs up against the wall.

Traditionally during the first part of the season they managed to pull it together and get the win but mistakes here and there made ended up costing them a few key games. Although not the absolute worst in the league, the 15 interceptions Eli Manning threw this year hasn’t exactly helped their cause.

Even though their post season play may not materialize this year, there is no reason why they shouldn’t end the regular season with win in the last 2 weeks.

Who are the bookies favorites and what is the point spread for the Ravens and Giants game?

Since the line on this game was different at a few of the books I watch frequently I checked the odds again late Friday night when I wrote this article.

Bet Online as well as Sportsbetting each had the Giants picked to win by 1 point. Both Bet Fred as well as William Hill had the Giants winning by 2.5 points. I wonder if they are just being conservative or if the hammering that NY took last week from Atlanta made the bookies a little gun shy.

In fact I expected NY to win and certainly did not expect to see a 34 to 0 loss. I don’t think many saw the shutout coming.

A few of the analysts I have read the past few days are calling for the Ravens to win this game. Whether they are expecting to see the same kinds of mistakes this week that led to their loss to the Falcons last week, or if they feel the Baltimore is just playing better, I have to disagree.

I am picking the NY Giants to win the game against the Baltimore Ravens by 4 points. I am not however confident that even if they do manage to win this game as well as next week against Philadelphia that they will make it to the playoffs since the odds are really stacked against them at this point since they would have to see at least 3 of their conference rivals loose at least one if not both of their final games.

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