Depending on where you shop, you can likely find a couple of +3’s out there and you couldn’t be faulted for taking three points as oppose to taking the Skins straight up. Having said that, I’ll play the Skins straight up and here’s why. The Giants have two wins in its last eight games and both of them were in New York. Its last road win came on October 4, when they beat the Chiefs. Not only do they have two wins in its last eight but both wins were rather fortunate and if not for that good fortune (an OT win over Atlanta and a win over Dallas) they’d be on an eight-game losing streak. The Giants defense continues to get ripped apart and a close look reveals that the opposition has put up recent scores of 38, 24, 26, 31, 40 and 48 against them. That’s 259 points, or an average of 32.4 points per game over its last eight. The Redskins, too, have just two wins in its last eight and they’re 4-9 overall and will miss the playoffs again. However, they’ve been coming on for weeks and with just a tinge of good fortune they’d be on a five game winning streak. Five weeks ago Washington beat Denver 27-17 and walloped the resurgent Raiders last week but it’s what in between those two wins that’s most interesting. The Redskins played in succession, Dallas, Philly and New Orleans and were in a strong position to win them all, as they had a lead with less than two minutes to go in all of them. Of course an argument could be made that bad teams find a way to lose and that’s true to some extent. However, those are signs of a team coming on and playing some great football. The Skins are at home, its defense is playing great and they’re sure not talking a step up in class when facing this current grease-fire. Play: Washington +1.21 (Risking 2 units).
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