Graziano ESPN week by week NYG predictions

losing to eagles twice?

This guy is always spot on

With a little good luck, they might be able to eke out nine or ten wins. Back luck, six or seven.

In comment 11836932 CruzShip52 said:

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losing to eagles twice?

He has us beating the Eagles the last week of the season.

And looking to carry over to 2015 season.

can happen not just with the giants but other teams. You can't predict injuries and/or ineffectiveness. Some teams you feel will be good won't be and other who you think will be bad might be better than expected. It's like this every year.

and believe this team CAN be better, but this feels pretty fair as a prediction.

i dont believe this bs, i dont even take it with a grain of salt

does the seahawks have a weakness? Like maybe an avg OL or poor receivers?

Can the defense keep it close until the offense gets it into gear? That's the question going into this season...if the preseason is any indicator.

Although 8-8 sounds reasonable, predicting games this far in advance is laughable.

See Giants vs Packers last year. Would your prediction have changed if Aaron Rodgers was playing?

I especially like the part where he predicts the specific flow of certain games.

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The Giants overcome two Osi Umenyiora sacks to outscore the Falcons with a furious Manning comeback in the final minutes.

The final record itself, predictable. But can't fault him for that.

The only way we beat Philly on Week 17 is if they've already clinched the division, and I don't think that will be the case.

And yes, St. Louis' pass rush will be a killer this year.

I just scrolled down to see what the record was. I think the Giants need another good offseason and, hopefully, better health before they can be considered serious contenders.

are just so ridiculously stupid.

1) We would be 3 - 7 at ten games. Out of it. So essentially no meaningful wins in two years. Yipes.

2) Except for last year, Coughlin's team consistently fade in the second have. Finishing 5 - 1 is almost certain not going to happen.

will be 9-7 or 7-9. The league is designed that way now. No team can keep all the players they want to keep now. Teams that spend wisely and draft well can keep the core intact and have success but it is very hard to sustain. The Giants have not drafted well recently. Not getting any production out of two recent first round draft picks places them in the second tier this season. Nine wins is possible but six or seven is more likely.

when there are no expectations. I expect a lot of this in 2014.

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However, looking at the schedule, I would not be surprised at all if we went 10-6 or better. Of course anything can happen and schedules don't mean much now, but there are only a few teams on there that I think are long shots to win. I think the rest we should be able to compete in.

Jints have talent, just not enough to get them past 8 - 8.

with the way things looks right now, you can't blame the guy.

If some bad things happen, some of us Giant fans might be wishing we had finished 8-8.

I'm hoping that the offense starts to click at some point and some unheralded players come up big time. Like a TE, or a RB, however his scenario of 8-8 is the most likely.

anything between 6-10 if everything goes wrong, and 10-6 if everything goes right, with something in the middle sounding like the most likely.

Of course, we could probably say that almost any year.

In comment 11836960 SamTheTram said:

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Although 8-8 sounds reasonable, predicting games this far in advance is laughable. See Giants vs Packers last year. Would your prediction have changed if Aaron Rodgers was playing?

I would have still picked the Giants in that on. The Giants had beaten the Packers with Rodgers 2 straight meetings and almost beat the in a 3rd meeting. Sometimes it's all about matchups and the Packers even with Rodgers don't match up well with the Giants

I think we sweep Dallas.

Although I think we win one of the games he said we'll lose, and lose one he said we'd win.

We have, anything less than 10 wins
TC should be fired and Eli...
I think we should win 12

"exercises" that writers and fans do. At best, he can try to predict this weeks game, but in the NFL, so much changes week to week that it's impossible to predict what the future will bring. It's absolutely pointless.

I would have guessed he would have predicted 5-11 at best.

I think Cooley had the redskins going 14-2 after their 4-0 preseason last year.

The Giants certainly have set the bar low after their pre-season performance.

In comment 11836934 micky said:

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This guy is always spot on

excellent point. why even show up that day?

8-8 as well. I don't think they'll be as bad as most people on here say, and i dont think theyre 4-12 or 5-11 material. The one thing I do see an issue with is the stretch of opponents they play in the middle of the season. Doesn't look good.

lays out a very reasonable prediction, and I agree on most of the games, however, I think the GIants will avoid 5 straight losses and win one of those gamse to finish the season at 9-7 and sneak in as a wild-card over the 49ers.

at an alarming rate and can't convert 3rd downs, then I'll retract my prediction and go with another 7-9 or even 6-10 season!