Team betting trends for Thursday night’s Jets-Giants preseason opener don’t mean anything.
How NFL rosters perform straight up and against the spread in exhibition action is typically tied to the priorities of their current head coach. Pat Shurmur is in only his second season leading the Giants. Adam Gase is making his Jets’ debut.
So, anything you might notice about Gase’s three years as head coach of the Miami Dolphins is more likely to matter than Jets trends over the last three, five or 10 seasons. Shurmur has a long career as an assistant, but a limited sample size running a full team.