New York Jets vs New York Giants
The longest NFL preseason rivalry is renewed on Thursday when the New York Jets and New York Giants face off at MetLife Stadium at 7 p.m. ET. These teams have met in the preseason 50 times, annually since 1959, with the Jets holding a slim 25-24-1 advantage. Since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, they've met only 13 times during the regular season. Oddsmakers expect a close, low-scoring game on Thursday, listing the Jets as 1.5-point favorites in the latest Giants vs. Jets odds. The over-under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 33.5. Before you make any Giants vs. Jets picks or NFL predictions for the first week of the preseason, you'll want to see what famed pro football expert Mike Tierney has to say.
Jets vs Giants Live
Who: Jets vs. Giants
What: NFL, Preseason Week 1
When: Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019
Where: MetLife Stadium
Time: 7 p.m. Eastern
TV: WNBC, NFL Network
Tierney has been a winner for SportsLine members in every sport, but the NFL is his specialty. An acclaimed sportswriter whose work appears in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has reported from seven Super Bowls. Now a SportsLine expert, Tierney was all over the Patriots covering in the Super Bowl, enabling him to finish the season with a sparkling 63-46 record against the spread. He's also on a blistering 15-6 run on his last 21 picks involving the Jets. Anyone who has followed him is way, way up.
With the opening week of the NFL preseason starting Thursday, Tierney has evaluated Jets vs. Giants from every angle and locked in his strong pointspread pick. He's only sharing it over at SportsLine.
Tierney knows the Jets should have the added boost of playing for a new coach. The Jets have won just 14 games over the last three seasons, but this year starts a new era led by Adam Gase, the former Dolphins coach who has a reputation for being a mentor for quarterbacks. That bodes well for second-year Jets starter Sam Darnold, who won't play Thursday, but former Broncos starter Trevor Siemian, another young QB with room to grow, will.
