Giants hit new lows as biggest NFL underdogs this season vs. Ravens

When the Giants walk into MetLife Stadium on Sunday in front of a crowd with brown paper bags over their heads, they will enter as the biggest home underdogs they’ve been in nearly 60 years.

The Giants are now 16.5-point home underdogs to the Ravens at ESPN Bet, making them the biggest NFL underdogs this season.

Big Blue hasn’t been this big of an underdog at home since 1966 when they were 14.5-point underdogs to the St. Louis Cardinals, per ESPN, a game they lost, 20-17.

The Giants moved from 14.5-point underdogs to 16.5-point ‘dogs after the news broke that Tommy Devito is stepping in as the starter in place of the injured Drew Lock.

BetMGM‘s John Ewing tells The Post that the Giants have been underdogs by 14 or more points six times since 2003.

The biggest spread the Giants have faced is 17.5 points, which was just last year against the Cowboys on Nov. 12 in Dallas, a game they lost 49-17.

A home team being this big of an underdog isn’t exactly commonplace, with DraftKings telling The Post it hasn’t happened in the NFL since 2021.

Giants vs. Ravens odds

DraftKings adds that these are the biggest home spreads we’ve seen in recent years:

• MIA +18 vs. NE 9/15/19
• DEN +16.5 vs. NO 11/29/20
• JAX +16 vs. BUF 11/7/21
• WAS +16 vs. NE 10/6/19
• HOU +15.5 vs. LAR 10/31/21
• MIA +15 vs. LAC 9/29/19
• CIN +15 vs. PIT 12/21/20

Of those seven games since 2019, only two underdogs covered the spread, indicating that it takes a special level of terrible to be this big of a home underdog.

Double-digit underdogs generally perform well against the spread (ATS), as indicated by BetMGM, which tells The Post that underdogs of 10 or more points are 75-55-1 ATS since 2003.

Big Blue is 4-9 ATS this season, tied for the second-worst figure in the NFL behind only the Tennessee Titans, whom Vegas can’t seem to figure out with their 2-11 ATS record.

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The Giants and their 2-11 overall record are nearing all-out tank mode as they prepare for the 2025 NFL Draft, where they’ve been seen scouting Shedeur Sanders and Heisman favorite Travis Hunter.

However, the Giants have covered the spread in their last two games.

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