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Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants NFL Betting Odds & Spread

Written November 27, 2008 by Jason Lowry

The Washington Redskins are in desperate need for a win this week, as the race for the NFC playoffs is coming down to the wire, but the bad new for the Redskins is they host the NFC East leading New York Giants, who are arguably playing the best football in the NFL. Last week the Redskins got back on track with a 20-17 road win over the Seahawks, as the Giants impressed everyone with the way the handed the Cardinals a 37-29 loss last week. Now these two teams faced off in week one, where the Giants looked like the much better team, as they took home a 16-7 win, but both teams have came a long way since the opening week. For those of you looking to do some NFL betting on this game, the oddsmakers have the Giants 3.5 point favorites on the road over the Redskins at Sportsbook.com

Now what makes the Giants win over the Cardinals even more impressive is that they did it without their star running back Brandon Jacobs, but that didn’t matter to Eli Manning and the Giants, as Manning threw for 240 yards and 3 scores, while Derrick Ward picked up the running game rushing for 69 yards and a score. Now Manning doesn’t get a lot of hype cause the Giants just don’t play that kind of football where Manning is in the spotlight, but he continues to show time and time again that he can win this team games when needed. With Jacobs expected to be back in the starting lineup this week, expect the Giants to go back to pounding the football, as few teams have been able to keep Jacobs in check.

The Giants defense did a great job of keeping Kurt Warner from going off and letting the Cardinals offense get rolling, as Warner had just one touchdown on his 351 yards passing, and didn’t help his causes throwing an interception to Giants corner Terrell Thomas. The defense put plenty of pressure on Warner, but was able to sack the veteran just one time, and this week we look for them to try and get even more pressure on Campbell when the Redskins try and throw the football. Bet Giants -3.5 at Sportsbook.com

The Redskins really needed that win last week against the Seahawks, as they were on a two game losing streak and quickly headed out of the playoff picture. Clinton Portis continues to watch the team practice, but with the way he is playing its hard to argue with the move. Against the Seahawks Portis ran it 29 times for 143 yards as he refused to come out of the game. Jason Campbell had a pretty solid day throwing the football, as he completed 20 of 33 passes for 206 yards, including a 8 yard touchdown strike to Antwaan Randle El late in the 3rd quarter. This week they face a Giants defense that has been lights out against the run, giving up just 74 yards a game, so it will likely be Campbell who has to win this one for the Redskins.

Now its just as important for the Redskins to stop the Giants rushing attack, as it is for them to get the running game going. If they let Jacobs and company run wild, it will make it near impossible to keep up with them, as they will simply ware down this defense and take control of the game late. Las time these two teams met up Jacobs ran for 116 yards, as the Giants totaled over 150 on the ground. With so much at stake you have to think this unit is going to come out fired up and ready to go as they need this win at home. Bet Redskins +3.5 at Sportsbook.com

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