Monday Night Football Bettors Have No Faith in New York Giants

One thing you’ll hear tonight is that the New York Giants’ bye week came at the right time. The Giants dropped two straight ahead of their week off, being outscored by 37 combined points in the process.

However, even though they’re coming off their bye week, bettors don’t want any part of the New York Giants as 3-point underdogs as they welcome in the Indianapolis Colts tonight.

Sports Interaction NFL odds

“We’re looking at a very large liability on Indianapolis both on the moneyline and the spread tonight,” a Sports Interaction oddsmaker said. “We have the Colts juiced at -120 and we’re still seeing about 78 percent of total bets coming in on that side.”

Indianapolis is coming off a humbling blowout loss at Pittsburgh which snapped its five-game winning streak, but that hasn’t been enough to scare off Colts bettors.

“Even with New York’s week off, it’s not like bettors don’t remember how bad the Giants have looked,” Sports Interaction’s oddsmaker says. “They’re just a hard team to get a read on. They put a three-game winning streak together and then were shut out in Philadelphia. Bettors can’t trust the Giants and are more willing to believe the Colts bounce back here. Indy is 6-2 against the number and looked like a contender in the AFC during that winning streak.”

Sports Interaction says it’s possible the 51-point total and could move before the kick but that it was too early to tell.

“With these stand-alone games, especially Monday Night Football, we usually see a lot of over money and tonight’s game is no different,” he says. “With the way Andrew Luck is throwing the ball around, bettors are hoping for a high-scoring matchup to finish off the week.”

The two teams have combined to play over in 10 of 15 games this season.