Rand Carthon warned bettors to fade the Giants’ 5.5-win total. He emphasized New York opens with four straight quarterback mismatches—none of which favor Daniel Jones—before traveling to the Saints in Week 5. Carthon called the slate a "gauntlet," noting the Giants face one of the league’s top-three strength-of-schedule indexes and will be underdogs in nearly every game through mid-October. Combined with lingering doubts about Jones’ health and the absence of any proven offensive playmakers, Carthon expects New York to start 0-4 and sees only two plausible QB-advantage spots (Saints, Vikings). He advised taking the under and looking at ‘worst regular-season record’ long-shot props.