The New York Giants and Carolina Panthers do battle in a week 7 NFL contest from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Sunday afternoon.
The Carolina Panthers come into this game looking to shake off a third straight loss after their 34-28 OT loss to Minnesota in their last game. Sam Darnold has thrown for 1,366 yards, 6 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 65.6% passing while Chuba Hubbard leads the Panthers in rushing with 220 rushing yards. DJ Moore leads Carolina’s receivers with 35 catches for 440 yards while another four receivers have at least 100 receiving yards for the Panthers up to this point. On defense, Sean Chandler and Jeremy Chinn each have a team-high 30 total tackles while Haason Reddick has a team-leading 6.5 sacks this season.
The New York Giants come into this one reeling after a 38-11 beatdown at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams in their last game. Daniel Jones has thrown for 1,524 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 picks on 62.5% passing while also leading the Giants in rushing with 201 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Kadarius Toney leads the Giants in receiving with 317 receiving yards while Sterling Shepard and Kenny Golladay have a combined 581 receiving yards as well this year. On defense, Logan Ryan has a team-high 50 total tackles while Azeez Ojulari, Austin Johnson and Leonard Williams each have 3 sacks. Xavier McKinney and James Bradberry each have a pair of sacks as well on the year.
Carolina is 8-1 ATS in their last 9 road games and 7-17 ATS in their last 24 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a favorite. New York is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 6-20-1 ATS in their last 27 home games while the under is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games as a home underdog.
I understand this is a low line but the reality is that Carolina’s been struggling after playing real competition and the Giants are banged up. The good news for Carolina is that they’re used to beating the snot out of bad teams and the Giants aren’t necessarily taking the world by storm. Even if the Giants were healthy, this team is a mess. Carolina at least has some idea of what they’re doing and a competent coach running the show. I’ll lay the field goal with Carolina in this one.