NFL Odds and Game Preview: NY Giants at Tampa Bay
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, November 8, 2015 Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida NFL Odds: Giants -2.5 Over/Under: 47Betting On The New York Giants (4-4 SU, 4-3-1 ATS)
The Giants showed absolutely no fight at all in their 52-49 Week 8 loss to New Orleans although the G-Men did earn a push as a 3-point underdog. Eli Manning threw a whopping six touchdown, but it came ft as the Giants defense allowed Drew Brees to throw an insane seven TD passes. The Giants would eventually lose on kicker Kai Forbath’s 50-yard game-winning field goal as time expired after the Saints drove 80 yards in 14 plays. The winning kick came just after the Saints’ Brees (40-of-50 for 511 yards and seven touchdowns) tied the game at 49 with 36 seconds left on a 9-yard touchdown pass to running back C.J. Spiller. That score capped an 80-yard, 14-play drive, one of six Saints’ scoring drives that covered at least 80 yards. The Giants could get a big boost to their defense in the return of defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul. The star end has missed the entire season after suffering a gruesome injury to his hand in a fireworks accident in July. “Yeah, I want to play, yeah,” Pierre-Paul said. “But it’s up to the medical staff; like I said, they’re taking me slowly.” Coach Tom Coughlin insisted that the Giants will not rush Pierre-Paul back. “If he’s ready, we’ll play him,” Coughlin said. “If he’s not ready, then we’ll take more time.” Despite their horrific defensive effort the last time out, Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston said he wasn’t overconfident coming into this contest. “That is Drew Brees that did that,” Winston said. “I’m no Drew Brees, but you’ve gotta just go to the next game because they’re coming with a different attitude because they’re like, ‘Drew Brees just did this to us.’ So they’re going to try to play even harder. And so they’re going to rise up to the occasion, and we have to be there to match their intensity.” Strangely enough, the Giants lead the league in turnover margin at plus-11 and have recorded 13 interceptions to tie Arizona for the league lead.