Weather Report UPDATE for NEW JERSEY
Jets-Giants UNDER the total
Let’s start with the fact a nasty storm, one with a ton of wind, hit the Meadowlands yesterday, and it’s a storm that’s expected to linger throughout this game. So far this preseason, there have been two games played in rainy weather, both in Florida. In Week 1, the Dolphins hosted the Jaguars and won 12-9. Then on Thursday, Miami went to Tampa Bay and sloshed its way to a 10-6 victory. Obviously, both games stayed WAY under the total.
It’s easy to see why wet weather leads to low-scoring games, particularly in the preseason: The last thing a coach wants is to see a star player slip and pull a muscle or tear a hamstring and end up being sidelined for a long period of time. So you can be sure that with a wet field tonight, both Tom Coughlin and Rex Ryan will be very conservative with their play-calling, and don’t be surprised if both yank their starters earlier than they’d want to.
So now that we’ve established that we’ve got a weather advantage in this contest, let’s look at the main reason I love this play so much: These rivals meet every single summer, almost always in Week 3, and over the last eight preseasons – going back to Aug. 25, 2001 – the Jets-Giants exhibition battle has stayed under the total … eight straight times! That’s not a misprint: The under is on an 8-0 run in this preseason rivalry. Here are the final scores in those eight contests, beginning with the 2001 clash: 17-14, 28-7, 15-14, 17-10, 15-14, 13-7, 20-12, 10-7. Not one of those games hit tonight’s posted total, which
sits at around 36.
Not only have the last eight meetings between these teams gone under, but the Giants have played to the under in nine of their last 14 preseason contests overall, including a 17-3 dud in Chicago last week. Guys, if the weather forest holds, we’re going to see a lot of straight-ahead running by both offenses and very little passing. As a result we seriously could be looking at a game in which the first one to 14 wins – if that! Play this one UNDER the total.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A EXCELLENT WEATHER REPORT AND FIELD CONDITIONS FOR RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY (THE MEADOWLANDS STADIUM)?
HORSE RACE TRACK ON TV IS MUDDY.(SARATOGA HORSE RACE TRACK)
CAN SOMEONE GIVE US A BETTER UPDATE? HOPEFULLY 30 MINUTES OR SO
BEFORE KICK OFF AT 8:00 EASTERN STANDARD TIME?
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