New York Giants Are Breaking Underdog Betting History
The Giants, as Rodney Dangerfield would say, "don't get no respect," and the people benefiting most are those betting on New York to prove Vegas wrong week after week.
New York is a 3-point underdog against the Seattle Seahawks this week and +135 on the moneyline. It's the sixth time the Giants have been underdogs this season. So far, they're 5-0 in such games, the first time a team has won their first five games outright as betting underdogs since they started tracking that sort of thing.
the Giants are a perfect 5-0 outright when being made an underdog
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 27, 2022
it is the first time that a team has won every game outright when being made an underdog in at least five games through Week 7, for as far back as detailed public betting records go (1978) pic.twitter.com/eCwHNwN0CX
Here's every week the Giants have been underdogs this year, along with the moneyline odds they closed at for each game.
- Week 1: +198 at Titans
- Week 2: +100 vs. Panthers
- Week 5: +325 at Packers (London)
- Week 6: +210 vs. Ravens
- Week 7: +150 at Jaguars
If you bet $100 on them on every game they were an underdog this season, you'd be up $1,633.
Equally interesting to their record as underdogs, the Giants are just 1-1 straight up as favorites, meaning if you want to bet them, this has been the more profitable path this season.
The Giants beat the Bears as -145 favorites but lost to the Cowboys at -115 on the moneyline.
Obviously winning outright as an underdog is unsustainable. And if you've watched the Giants this year, you know a few of those wins were equal parts luck and their opponent floundering late in the game.
Similar to golf, all that matter is the final score, not how you got there, and the Giants have been taking their betting backers to the bank week after week.
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.