WEEK 1: Giants vs. Vikes Predictions

Jints

My head says Minny, but my heart says GMen. I'd like to go with my heart...

Fuck it. Giants 24, Vikes 16.

...Giants!

with justin jefferson playing the role of Randy Moss.

and the WRs will look good.

Dline will wreak havoc on Darnold.

I think Giants win 24-21

Vikings. :(

I hope I'm wrong.

DJ cannot get this team into the endzone. Sets up a total must win in Washington in week 2 before the schedule gets more difficult. Season on the brink early. The more things change, the more they stay the same…

Giants 19
Vikes 17

Vikings- Meltdown city on BBI

we will lose to Sam Ghost Darnold. A QB who makes Jones look like Joe Montana.

Giants 23
Vikings 20

31 - 17 GMen.

LFG!

with 34-24 Giants.

Jones has a big day but no one cares because its against the Vikings again

23-20 GMen.

But this has to be a tone-setter - opposite of last year's disaster.

Vikings have talent in playmaking spots, but they have questions at QB, RB, and on defense especially - they focus on unit defense, but don't have enough playmakers on D - if Jones and Daboll can't make a statement, going to add to the nerves and worry.

Giants - 27 - Vikes - 16

I feel better about this game than I probably should (and I'm not particularly optimistic for the season).

Home opener against Sam Darnold. It's possibly that sub-consciously manufacturing confidence from a place of fear, because if you can't win this game, buckle up for a longggg year.

The giants have some holes, but I expect that the defense is talented enough to keep the Vikings pretty quiet.

On the other side of the ball, I think we have a strong cast. I think a fully healthy Jones should be able to do enough to get this done.

Winning FG with no time on the clock
Giants fans go wild!!!!

Giants.

Giants offense is more run heavy than we expect. Jones with a typical home line: 200 or so yards, a touchdown, maybe an int or fumble.

Mike Lombardi (as annoying as he is) pointed out something that I've been hammering this offseason: Jones has traditionally not put up a lot of points at home in his career. Lombardi mentioned that Jones is 17-6-1 on hitting the under at home.

1 rushing TD by Jones and 3 FGs

Vikings 17
Giants 27

Darnold is picked at least once by one of the safeties (Nubin or Pinnock). Burns, Thibodeaux and Lawrence wreak havoc on the Vikings line and disrupts their pass game.

Giants have at least one "explosive" pass play which either scores or sets them up in the redzone.

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You would have to expect a bunch of legends will be there to witness this and I expect Daboll to push the ball down field.

Giants make a statement and dominate all 3 facets of the game.

In comment 16596239 Rjanyg said:

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You would have to expect a bunch of legends will be there to witness this and I expect Daboll to push the ball down field.

The Giants have had a terrible track record on these types of anniversary/honors games.

Good guys.

Vikes get two TDs resulting from blown coverages and PI’s but Bowen’s D stiffens in the red zone in the 4th to secure the win.

The offense shows some flashes but a couple of mistakes costs them points. DJ will throw an INT resulting from forcing it to the rookie. But they’ll do just enough to get a W.

Vikings 28
Giants 13

Jones will have all sorts of trouble with Flores' confusing defensive scheme, make critical mistakes leading to several Minn. scores.
They will have trouble executing the offense against this defense and points will be hard to come by.
He needs to prove me wrong.

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In comment 16596255 Dave on the UWS said:

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Vikings 28 Giants 13 Jones will have all sorts of trouble with Flores' confusing defensive scheme, make critical mistakes leading to several Minn. scores. They will have trouble executing the offense against this defense and points will be hard to come by. He needs to prove me wrong.

If Jones puts up some big numbers, that would make me much more bullish on the season overall. He does not have a track record of lighting it up at home.

Giants 23 - Vikings 16

Giants 9, Vikings 3

the pride of San Clemente. He's . . . not that good, always been a bit sloppy with the ball going back to his SC days.

NY 23-20

The Giants expect to play in the post season. They expect to play well. They play well in Game 1.

Giants 28
Vikings 13

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Giants

30-20
Big plays from Nabers, Tracy and Nubin

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DJ plays a quiet but competent game. Darnold is sacked multiple times and turns the ball over 2x. Nabers has over 100 yds.

Lots of FGs

1 rushing TD by Jones and a Defensive TD. 2 FG's. Vikings get two TD's in the pass game with easy receptions and a FG

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Lots of FG's

23-17

I think we will win this game.
I can't see us losing at home to Darnold.

them.

You’re basically asking Sam Darnold, who’s a worse version of Daniel Jones, to go on the road and win a game. You can count on one hand the number of good road starts in Darnold’s entire career. He went 4-2 recently as starter of the Panthers almost entirely on the back of CAR rushing for massive amounts of yards. While the Vikings defense improved substantially under Brian Floyd, they still don’t have a lot of talent on that side of the ball.

Vikes 19
Giants 24

I can see us winning on the strength of the defense. I think our pass rush can cause problems for Darnold and lead to turnovers.

This does feel like a win, but then again, so did opening up against Denver in 2021.

Vikings. Hope the Giants play well.

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He now knows what works and what doesn't work. I'm betting he's corrected much of went wrong last year. The sign of a good coach is that you beat teams that are in your weight class (talent wise) and you play well at home. We win this week.

Giants 35 Vikings 17

Giants 29
Vikings 18