{"id":236269,"date":"2022-10-07T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=236269"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:13:08","slug":"tougher-tests-for-new-yorks-giants-and-jets-but-not-buffalos-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tougher-tests-for-new-yorks-giants-and-jets-but-not-buffalos-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Tougher Tests For New York’s Giants and Jets, not Buffalo’s Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the weekend we learn whether the Giants and Jets are just off to lucky starts or whether they are for real.<\/p>\n

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Jets and Giants helmets on the gridiron. Both teams are underdogs once again. (Image: thesource.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four weeks is a nice sample size.\u00a0Five is better.<\/p>\n

We have a month-long body of work to judge regarding each of them (along with the Buffalo Bills, New York’s other team). But the Jets and Giants are exceeding expectations, while the Bills are about what we expected — with a huge assist from Baltimore coach John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

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With the Giants, we always knew Saquon Barkley had the talent and the misfortune of being injury-prone. But to be leading the NFL in all-purpose yards (570) along with total rushing yards (463) when the sportsbooks have been putting his rushing yardage over\/unders in the his 70s?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Well, that shows one theme we will continually hit on in these columns. The books are sometimes very, very wrong.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DP_NFL\/status\/1577645926914695170<\/p>\n

As for the Jets, we knew quarterback Zack Wilson will give them a boost after the three-game Joe Flacco start to the season. But to bring his team back with two fourth-quarter touchdowns on the road in Pittsburgh against what had been a pretty good Steelers defense for three quarters?<\/p>\n

That win and the miracle in Cleveland in Week 2 have us thinking that maybe this team is more than just lucky. We say that with the utmost trepidation because they are the Jets.<\/p>\n

But now they are going up against a Miami team that will not have injured Tua Tagovailoa just two weeks after he drew millions of dollars in MVP futures bets. And you start to wonder whether their run of good fortune is running amok.<\/p>\n

Bookmakers Not Convinced<\/h2>\n

Both the Giants and Jets are underdogs this week, of course. The Giants are getting 7 1\/2 or 8 in London for their overseas tilt with the Green Bay Packers. That’s while the Jets are getting three at home against the Dolphins.\u00a0 They try for their first consecutive regular-season wins since Weeks 14 and 15 of the 2020 season after they had started 0-13. Yeah, it has been a while.<\/p>\n

The Bills are 14-point favorites at home against those same Steelers who gave one away against the Jets. That two-touchdown spread is the largest on the NFL line this week. They won their first two by 21 and 34. And it is a question of whether we will see those<\/em> Bills or the other Bills who dropped a 21-19 game against the Dolphins and had to rally from a 20-3 deficit against a Ravens team whose coach had a bout with cranial flatulation that will go down in NFL lore.<\/p>\n

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John Harbaugh is going to be the death of me pic.twitter.com\/ZrR2npgF3A<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jerry Thornton (@jerrythornton1) October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n