{"id":9203,"date":"2010-10-16T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9203"},"modified":"2010-10-16T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T02:13:10","slug":"nfl-betting-preview-detroit-lions-at-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-betting-preview-detroit-lions-at-new-york-giants-9203\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Betting Preview: Detroit Lions at New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at New York Giants
\nSunday, 10\/17\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 New York -550 \/ Detroit +450<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York QB Eli Manning is 18-4 SU in October in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit is searching for its first road win since October 28, 2007 and bring in the league\u2019s top scoring offense.\u00a0 The Lions are coming off a convincing 44-6 home win over the Rams, which was also their first victory of the season.\u00a0 Backup quarterback Shaun Hill is likely to make his last start in replacement of second-year starter Matthew Stafford (shoulder), but has done well in leading the offense to an NFC-best 25.2 points.\u00a0 It\u2019s a remarkable improvement from the 16.4 points per game the team scored in 2009 when they finished 2-14.\u00a0 He completed 21 of 32 passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns in the club\u2019s most lopsided win in 15 years.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a long time coming,\u201d center Dominic Raiola said.\u00a0 \u201cWe know what we\u2019re capable of.\u00a0 It\u2019s just one win, but it\u2019s sweet.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 4-1 ATS this season and the total is 3-2 Over\/Under in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Lions focus this week has been solely placed on a Giants team that has won its last two games by 14 and 24 points respectively.\u00a0 Detroit\u2019s ground game must step up to ease the pressure on its offensive line to protect Hill, as the Giants have posted 19 sacks in five games.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you see that, it\u2019s going to open your eyes a little bit,\u201d coach Jim Schwartz said.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s going to be a big matchup in this game.\u00a0 When the Giants get sacks, they get wins.\u201d\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the Lions must force turnovers to stay in this contest, which is a possibility due to the Giants being second in the league with 15 giveaways.\u00a0 \u201cFirst, we\u2019re going to focus on stopping the run,\u201d defensive tackle Corey Williams said.\u00a0 \u201cOnce we stop the run, we can force some interceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York is searching for its first home victory in this matchup in nearly 20 years and look to build off an impressive 34-10 road win over the Texans last week.\u00a0 The Giants defense is currently ranked first in the NFL, allowing 244.6 yards a game, but it doesn\u2019t mean too much due to last season\u2019s results.\u00a0 In 2009, the team had the league\u2019s top-ranked unit entering the 10th game, only to finish the season tied for 13th in yards allowed and 30th in scoring defense.\u00a0 New York gave up just 110 total yards to the Bears and 195 in Houston, marking the first time its allowed less than 200 yards in consecutive games in one season since 2005.\u00a0 The club is 22-16 ATS over the last three years and the total is 22-15 O\/U in those games.<\/p>\n

The Giants have a balanced offensive attack and quarterback Eli Manning has a fantastic 18-4 mark in October.\u00a0 New York did a great job of protecting him last week against the Texans, not allowing a sack, which pushed the team\u2019s record to 12-5 in games of that nature.\u00a0 He was able to find Hakeem Nicks down field throughout the day, as the second-year wide receiver had 12 catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cYou never know who\u2019s going to have the hot day,\u201d Manning said.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t have favorites and I don\u2019t pick guys out.\u201d\u00a0 Running back Ahmad Bradshaw has also turned into a weapon, leading the NFL with seven runs of 20 or more yards, while he is fourth in the NFL with 449 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will certainly note the Lions 2-0 mark as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season, which is an improvement from the team\u2019s 1-8 mark in this spot the previous two years.\u00a0 New York is a solid 13-8 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points and the total is 10-10 O\/U.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at New York Giants Sunday, 10\/17\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 New York -550 \/ Detroit +450 Detroit is searching for its first road win since October 28, 2007 and bring in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":6377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3400,542,598,3401,401,3334],"class_list":["post-9203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ahmad-bradshaw","tag-detroit-lions","tag-eli-manning","tag-hakeem-nicks","tag-new-york-giants","tag-shaun-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9228,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203\/revisions\/9228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}