Question 1
How is the 22.25 team total built from the game total and spread?
New York
Giants
NFC East · 0–0 · vs Dallas Cowboys · Week 1 · Outdoors
Team Total
Market open22.5The lineO −115 · U −106
—Season averagegames played
—Season hit rateno sample
Points / g—
Drives / g—
Red zone TD—
PROE—
DAL allows—
All team markets
Every featured team market this week. The five squares are the last five games against each game's own closing line. Select one to re-anchor the research.
Game total47.5sportsbook consensus · Sep 13, 8:17 PM EDT
NYG spread+3sportsbook consensus · Sep 13, 8:17 PM EDT
NYG implied total22.25underdog
DAL implied total25.25favored
Projected scriptTrailingprojected
ConditionsOutdoorsMetLife Stadium
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What this line assumes
What this line assumes, and what the data shows. You make the call.
The readAuto-generated from the data
New York Giants are 0-0 on the season and have hit the team total in 0 of 0 graded games (—), measured against each game's own closing line.
Line movement23.5 → 22.5since open · ↓ down
Season average—vs the line
Market rank—in scoring offense
Key opponent input—vs the league
What would have to be true
Possession count holds
This game projects to about — possessions per side (New York Giants average — drives per game, DAL —). Materially fewer possessions would pressure the team total.
Recent form carries over
New York Giants's recent output (— over the last five) is assumed to hold near its season average (—).
Defense performs to its season rate
DAL allow — points per game; the team total assumes that level of resistance shows up.
Recent output relative to line 22.5
Regular season · every game against the current line. Playoff games are listed separately.
No games played yet this season.
Consensus line22.5O −115 · U −106
Above the line——
vs closing lines—no closing lines
Season average—games played
Distribution by time window
| Window | GP | Median | Above the line % · vs current line | Above the line % · vs closing line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 3 | 0 | — | —— | —— |
| Last 5 | 0 | — | —— | —— |
| Last 10 | 0 | — | —— | —— |
| Season | 0 | — | —— | —— |
| Last Season | 17 | 21 | 7/17 41% | 10/17 59% |
Similar games vs Dallas Cowboys
AI-matchedPast games most like the DAL matchup — matched on the opponent's defensive rank, home/away and pace.
New York Giants averaged 21.5 points in these 6 similar spots.
Custom splits
InteractiveNo games played yet this season, so there is nothing to split.
Dallas Cowboys defense by market
What NYG produces against what Dallas Cowboys allows — blended into one adjusted line, then the full inputs beneath it.
Full inputs · DAL allows per game · 2026 regular season · games before Week 1 · ranks leaguewide
| DAL allows | Per game | Rank | Feeds which market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | — | — | Team total points, TDs, 1H points |
| Red-zone TD rate | — | — | Team total TDs vs field goals |
| Sacks taken | — | — | Sacks the offense would face |
| Giveaways | — | — | Offense's turnover risk |
| 1st-half points | — | — | 1H team total |
Team prop odds
Team Total 22.5 — over/under odds across the market. 3 books are on the consensus number.
Odds aggregated from licensed US sportsbooks via The Odds API (market team_total), shown for research only. Book quotes observed Sep 13, 8:17 PM EDT. 1 of 4 books below are on a different number than 22.5, so their prices are not comparable to it. Opening line posted Sep 10, 7:44 AM EDT. Nuvela is not a sportsbook and does not accept bets.
Take this research further
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Question 2
Does NYG's team total hold up at home versus on the road?
Question 3
How does Dallas Cowboys's defense change the read on NYG's scoring markets?
