NFL Week 1 odds: NY Giants open as underdogs vs Broncos

The NY Giants are getting no love from Las Vegas, as usual.

The NY Giants’ schedule has officially been revealed.

New York is set to welcome the Denver Broncos to East Rutherford, NJ come September 12th, 2021.

The Giants are coming off another playoff-less season-ending at 6-10. The Broncos also come into 2021 missing out on the playoffs in 2020 with a 5-11 record.

Neither team is necessarily elite or full of worldbeaters, but they are led equally by 3rd-year quarterbacks who are trying to establish their NFL careers in their respective cities.

Las Vegas isn’t giving the New York Giants much respect for Week 1. According to BetSided.com, the Giants head into their Week 1 home affair as a slight underdog. BetSided has the Giants as a 1-point dog at home in MetLife Stadium.

"Spread:Broncos -1 (-105)Giants +1 (-115)Moneyline: Broncos: -115Giants: -105Over/Under: 42.5 (Over: -115/Under: -105)"

Vegas thinks this game will be a close contest between two low-scoring teams. The Giants come in as +1 underdogs at -115 odds. For the money line, Vegas likes both teams as the slimmest minus (-) favorites with the Giants at -105 and Denver also favored at -115.

Lastly, this could be a boring, defensive-oriented game.

The over/under is set at only 42.5, the lowest over/under of any Week 1 matchup in 2021. This game will be a chess match between the minds of Joe Judge, Jason Garrett, and Pat Graham vs Vic Fangio and Pat Shurmur. Coaching, adjustments, and strategy will likely make or break this game for either team.