New York Giants @ Detroit Lions — Prediction & Odds, NFL Week 16 2026

Monday, December 28, 2026 · 7:15 PM CT · Ford Field (indoors)

Game preview

The market makes Detroit Lions a 4.5-point favourite over New York Giants, with the game total at 49.5.

Moneylines sit at +170 for New York Giants and -205 for Detroit Lions, a devigged 64% win probability for Detroit Lions; splitting the spread and total leaves market-implied team totals of 22.5 for New York Giants and 27 for Detroit Lions.

The Sport Stack's nflsim engine projects New York Giants — Jameis Winston (QB) at 242 passing yards and 9 rushing yards, Cam Skattebo (RB) at 60 rushing yards and 18 receiving yards; Detroit Lions — Jared Goff (QB) at 275 passing yards and 4 rushing yards, Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) at 97 rushing yards and 35 receiving yards.

Kickoff is Monday, December 28, 2026 · 7:15 PM CT, at Ford Field, indoors.

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Consensus market (intraday)

Consensus market for Giants at Lions — lines as of Sun, 9/13 · 12:16 PM CT
MarketConsensus
SpreadDET -4.5
Total49.5
Moneyline (NYG / DET)+170 / -205
DET implied win probability64%
Implied team totals (NYG — DET)22.5 — 27.0

Devigged cross-book consensus, updated as lines move. See the power ratings for the model's implied line on any matchup.

Player projections

New York Giants · 22.5 proj pts
Jameis Winston (QB) — 242 pass yds · 9 rush yds
Cam Skattebo (RB) — 60 rush yds · 18 rec yds
Malik Nabers (WR) — 60 rec yds · 4.5 rec
Detroit Lions · 27.0 proj pts
Jared Goff (QB) — 275 pass yds · 4 rush yds
Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) — 97 rush yds · 35 rec yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR) — 94 rec yds · 7.9 rec

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The interactive matchup dashboard adds usage cores, opponent-defense-vs-position strips, offense identity, and the multi-book open→close board for this game. Forecast conditions are on the NFL slate.

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