I will never feel too much empathy for New York Giants fans for all the times they beat my Chicago Bears back in the 1980s, but what a massive bummer for Big Blue that rising star quarterback Jaxson Dart was lost for the season in Monday night's blowout loss. Life begins without him on Sunday against visiting Tennessee with interception-prone Jameis Winston as the starter. $1,500 in bonus bets: It's a matchup of former No. 1 overall picks in Winston and Titans quarterback Cam Ward. CBS has the telecast Sunday at 1 ET from MetLife Stadium and the weather looks like it might be a factor, per Weather.com's forecast: Windy at times with periods of rain.
Winds NNE at 20 to 30 mph. Rainfall near a half an inch. At -2.5, the Titans are taking 81% of the spread money and 56% of the bets at DraftKings.
On the total of 38.5, which has utterly plummeted, 90% of the handle and 66% of tue tickets are on the Under. Week 2 was devastating to young quarterbacks going down with Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels joining Dart in getting injured. The Bears got fairly good news on Williams, while the Commanders will be missing Daniels for weeks.
The Giants obviously got the short end of the injury stick even though immediately after the injury on the MNF telecast, GM Joe Schoen told ESPN that Dart was "OK" after leaving the loss against the Rams in the first quarter. Schoen is getting ripped nationally for either lying to the media or not knowing the truth, but to be fair on Monday coach John Harbaugh told reporters that the team likely avoided "a disastrous outcome." Turns out that while Dart's ACL is intact, he has damage to his meniscus and MCL that requires surgery. Winston takes over with his career 36-53 starting mark in the NFL and more interceptions (114) than total games played (109).
But he also averages the sixth-most passing yards per game (270.0) as a starter in NFL history with a minimum of 25 starts. Winston isn't boring, that's for sure -- he's the definition of high-risk, high-reward. He wasn't good in relief against the Rams, completing 11 of 27 for 111 yards and a pick, but the team was a bit shell-shocked due to the Dart injury.
Jake Haener has been called up off the practice squad to be his backup. He beat out Brandon Allen for the No. 3 role originally. How did the sportsbooks treat this obviously massive season downgrade from Dart to Winston?
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