Betting tips for 'Monday Night Football': Giants vs. Steelers

An exciting Week 8 NFL slate concludes with a Monday prime-time showdown between two teams apparently heading in opposite directions. The Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2), fresh off a Week 7 home win over the New York Jets, welcome theNew York Giants (2-5) to Acrisure Stadium.

With the AFC North race heating up, the Steelers are currently in first place heading into Monday night after the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Steelers, who are +225 to win the division at ESPN BET, could make a statement by securing their third straight win against a struggling Giants team.

Russell Wilson played well in his first start of the season last week and faces a Giants team coming off a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Giants are in last place in the NFC East (+15000).

The line for this game opened at Steelers -5.5 and has ticked up a half a point to Steelers -6 entering kickoff. The total moved down during the week and settled at 36.5 points.

Here is everything you need to know to bet on Giants-Steelers, including Ben Solak giving his favorite bet for the game.

Game lines

Spread:Steelers -6

Money line: Steelers (-275), Giants (+225)

Over/Under: 36.5

First-half spread:Steelers -3.5 (Even), Giants +3.5 (-120)

First-half moneyline: Steelers (-220), Giants (+170)

Steelers total points:20.5 (Over -115/Under -120)

Giants total points:14.5 (Over -115/Under -115)

Ben Solak's favorite pick

Devin SingletaryUNDER 29.5 rushing yards (+105)

The Steelers' defensive front is the most dominant in all of football -- they have stars (Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith) and depth (Keeanu Benton, Larry Ogunjobi). The Giants' front is one of the league's shakier units, especially in the running game -- and star left tackle Andrew Thomas will be out for this game and the rest of the season. I don't expect to see much success for Singletary, nor do I expect to see much volume, as rookie running backTyrone Tracy Jr. has pushed his way into the starting rotation.

The props

Passing

Russell Wilson total passing yards:199.5 (Over -110/Under -120)

Wilson total passing TDs:1.5 (Over +160/Under -210)

Daniel Jones total passing yards:199.5 (Over +110/Under -140)

Jones total passing TDs:0.5 (Over -170/Under +135)

Rushing

Najee Harris total rushing yards:59.5 (Over -110/Under -120)

Devin Singletary total rushing yards:29.5 (Over -110/Under -120)

Jaylen Warren total rushing yards:29.5 (Over +105/Under -135)

Jones total rushing yards: 24.5 (Over -125/Under -105)

Wilson total rushing yards:14.5 (Over -125/Under -105)

Receiving

Malik Nabers total receiving yards:79.5 (Over Even/Under -130)

George Pickens total receiving yards:59.5 (Over +110/Under -140)

Wan'Dale Robinsontotal receiving yards:59.5 (Over +105/Under -135)

Pat Freiermuth total receiving yards:34.5 (Over -130/Under Even)

Darius Slayton total receiving yards:39.5 (Over -130/Under Even)

Calvin Austin III total receiving yards:14.5 (Over +105/Under -135)

Betting trends

Courtesy ESPN Research

• The Steelers are 0-9 ATS (3-5-1 SU) in their last nine games when laying at least four points (0-10 ATS, 3-6-1 SU including playoffs). Both times Pittsburgh was in this role last season, it lost the game outright. Russell Wilson is also 0-5 ATS when laying at least four points since leaving Seattle.
• Unders are 6-1 in Giants games this season. Unders are 19-2 in Giants nonconference games since 2020 (11-1 under Brian Daboll).
• The Giants are 14-7 ATS after a loss under Brian Daboll.
• This is the 23rd straight game the Giants are underdogs in, their longest such streak in the Super Bowl era. The Giants are 25-16 ATS as underdogs under Daboll. Daniel Jones is 20-12 ATS in his career as a road underdog.
• Jones is 1-14 outright in prime-time games (6-9 ATS). He has been an underdog in 14 of those 15 games.
• Teams favored by at least five points are 12-23 ATS this season.

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