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Cardinals at Giants

Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 17:00 UTC
Arizona Cardinals logo
Arizona
Cardinals
1-2 · L2
24
@
New York Giants logo
New York
Giants
2-1 · W2
36
New York Giants to win 59% win probability · projected 23–25 · Lean

Result & Grading

Published before kickoff, graded after. No edits, no quiet deletions.

Final score
24–36
ARI at NYG
Our pick
NYG ✓
Correct
Margin error
9.2
points from our projection
Against the spread
Covered ✓
vs line of ARI −1.5

Pre-Game Win Probabilities

From the engine's power ratings, adjusted for home field and rest, then mapped through the margin distribution. Not a blend of the market — this is our own number.

ARI 41%
NYG 59%
Projected score
23–25
ARI at NYG
Projected margin
+2.8
home perspective
Projected total
47.9
combined points
Confidence
Lean
published before kickoff

Engine vs The Line

We disagree with the market here. Worth knowing: across 1,139 backtested games our disagreements were right 41% of the time. We publish them regardless — and we publish how they land.

8th Day Engine
New York Giants
by 2.8 points · total 47.9
Closing line
Arizona Cardinals
by 1.5 points · total 44.5

Matchup Facts

Venue and rest come from the schedule feed and feed directly into the model; surface and weather are context we show but don't yet model.

Venue
MetLife Stadium
Roof
Outdoors
Surface
Fieldturf
Temperature
63°F
Wind
9 mph
Rest · ARI
7 days
Rest · NYG
7 days
QB · ARI
Jacoby Brissett
QB · NYG
Jameis Winston

Recent Form

Last five completed games this season, most recent first.

Arizona Cardinals

L @ SF 30–36
L vs SEA 7–31
W @ LAC 26–14

New York Giants

W vs TEN 12–7
L @ LAR 6–28
W vs DAL 28–20

Season Scoring

Points per game either side of the ball, 2026 season to date.

ARI · scored
21.0
per game · 3 played
ARI · allowed
27.0
per game
NYG · scored
15.3
per game · 3 played
NYG · allowed
18.3
per game

How The Model Sees It

Our rating has New York Giants as the stronger side by 36 rating points, which on its own is worth about 1.4 points on the scoreboard (ARI 1,405, NYG 1,441).

Home field adds 1.4 points to NYG — a measured figure from our backtest, not the traditional three, because home advantage in the modern NFL is considerably smaller than it used to be.

That lands on a projected margin of +2.8, and running that through the historical spread of actual results against projections gives New York Giants at 59%.

The market disagrees. The closing line makes Arizona Cardinals the favourite by 1.5. Our engine sees only results — it has no view on injuries, roster changes or who a team has signed. When we split from the line, history says we're wrong more often than right, and we show you that rather than dressing the disagreement up as an edge.

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