Survey results: Optimistic fans take the ‘over’ on New York Giants’ win total

Can the woebegone Giants get on the right track?

The New York Giants goal for the 2025 season is clear: Get better.

Owner John Mara laid down the directive to be better in 2025, and that the patience which kept Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll in their jobs is far from infinite.

After the season he empathized with the fans who had expressed their frustration.

“I didn’t need planes flying over me to tell me how upset the fans are. Nobody is more frustrated and upset than I am,” Mara said. “I appreciate the fact that [the fans] have hung in there with us. I get your frustration, I feel your pain, but I still believe this is the right decision for us going forward.”

The most concrete metric for improvement is in the win column. The Giants won just three games in 2024 against a tough schedule, but they face a similarly tough schedule in 2025. FanDuel set the Over/Under for the Giants’ 2025 season at 5.5, which we agreed with. The rationale is that winning six games against a schedule that features most of the best teams in the NFL would represent a concrete step forward.

As it happens, a significant majority of Giants fans are optimistic that the team will at least hit the over.

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A full 70% of respondents believe that the Giants will win (at least) six games this year. Of course, a six or even eight-win season is still a losing record. However, given that the Giants schedule features the likes of the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions — not to mention the rest of the NFC East — six-win season would be an accomplishment after a three-win disaster.

The bigger question is whether Schoen and Daboll would be able to save their jobs this year. Giants fans are a bit less optimistic in that regard. Two-thirds of fans believe that the Giants will win enough games that the GM and head coach will save their jobs.

It’s been widely assumed that Schoen and Daboll need to win games in order to save their jobs.

What we don’t know here on the outside is whether Mara has decoupled “better” from “win”. Given the Giants’ schedule, it’s possible that the team could markedly improve but it not be reflected in the win column. If the Giants are just better — if they’re more competitive and the young players continue to show growth — that could be enough.

That could be particularly true if the Giants produce on the offensive side of the ball. The Giants have had one of the most anemic offenses in the NFL for years now, and having their investments finally bare fruit would be very encouraging.

We’ll see if the Giants can continue to build upon the momentum they established in free agency with a strong draft.