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Dan Benton

Giants vs. Falcons: NFL experts make Week 16 picks

The New York Giants (2-12) will visit the Atlanta Falcons (7-7) on Sunday afternoon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Opening the week, the Giants were listed as 10-point road underdogs but that spread has softened slightly with Big Blue now at +8.5 as of this writing.

Let’s take a look at who some of the experts and insiders around the league are taking in the Week 16 matchup:

Expert Pick Score (if applicable)
Dan Graziano (ESPN) Falcons N/A
Matt Bowen (ESPN) Falcons N/A
Seth Wickersham (ESPN) Falcons N/A
Pete Prisco (CBS) Falcons 31-14
John Breech (CBS) Falcons 27-17
Jordan Dajani (CBS) Falcons 24-17
Nate Davis (USA TODAY) Falcons 20-13
Lorenzo Reyes (USA TODAY) Falcons 21-7
Bill Bender (Sporting News) Falcons  21-12
Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Falcons  33-14

For the second consecutive week, the above panel unanimously picks the birds (Ravens in Week 15) to beat the Giants and keep their historic losing streak alive. Some see it as a potential blowout, while others think it will be a one-score game.

Other experts and analysts from around the league were similarly pessimistic when it came to the Giants with just two percent predicting an upset, per NFL Pickwatch.

Fans are equally bullish on the Falcons with 98 percent picking Baltimore.

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