Tennessee at New York

A year ago, the New York Giants started the season looking like the team to beat in the NFL. After five weeks the Giants stood at 5-0, having had allowed all of 71 points or 14.2 points per game. What has happened since has been amazingly bad, as Giants fans can well attest. The defense, once a strength of this team (leading them to a Super Bowl win), has turned sour. The last 11 weeks of last season saw five teams score 40+ on the Giants as they went from allowing 14.2 ppg over their first five, to 32.4 ppg over their last 11. This season it appears things have not changed much as the G-Men are off a game where they allowed 38. It wasn't so bad that Peyton Manning did his thing, but the Giants allowed 160 on the ground as well. The Titans were held in check vs. the Steelers, who are a top defensive team. Let's not forget that Tennessee put up 38 in week one. The Titans started last year 0-6, scoring 14 ppg. But since then, they have averaged 26.6 ppg. This one certainly looks a lot more offensive than the number posted here. The Giants’ porous defense has resulted in seven straight OVERs, while the Titans have now gone 9-4 to the OVER in their last 13 after a loss. Under Jeff Fisher, Tennessee is 33-21 OVER following a weak offensive performance (scoring 14 or less). I like the OVER in this one.