00:00I think the Giants are going to be a really strong team this year.
00:048 to 10 wins. I love John Harbaugh. What are your expectations?
00:08I think maybe more.
00:11Wow, I love that.
00:13I think this might be an 11 or 12 win team. I really do.
00:18That, of course, the interview with our friend Peter Schrager from ESPN yesterday here on Shine Time.
00:24The interview that was sweeping the nation, a trending topic on X and all over social media.
00:31Peter Schrager had a giant Shine Time prediction for the New York football Giants, 11 or 12 wins.
00:38And today is schedule release day.
00:41Happy NFL schedule release day to you and yours.
00:44We are extra fired up.
00:46And you would have to be a buffoon, a fool, a moron,
00:51to look at a schedule on schedule release day and go through it game by game and start predicting wins.
00:57Well, schedule release officially tonight at 8 Eastern.
01:03But this, this right here, this is a copy, an exclusive copy of the New York football Giants schedule,
01:12courtesy of the Giants beat reporter for the New York Post, the great Paul Schwartz.
01:19So let's go through the games and then I'm going to give you predictions, okay?
01:24You see it right there.
01:25Giants are in prime time, by the way, to start the season on back-to-back weeks.
01:32That tells you all you need to know in terms of what the league thinks about the Giants.
01:38Obviously, New York City, market number one.
01:41John Harbaugh equals credibility.
01:44Jackson Dart, must-see TV.
01:46So how about that?
01:48Giants start the season with the two teams that I believe going into schedule release
01:55are the two most likely to play on Championship Sunday in the NFC, Cowboys and the Rams.
02:01So that is not an easy start.
02:03But I do love the fact that the NFL looks at the Giants and says,
02:08you know what, we need these teams.
02:11We need these teams at the end of the day to be playing in prime time.
02:18We need the Giants going up against the Cowboys.
02:20Giants going up against the Rams.
02:22I am obsessed with this.
02:24I can't get enough.
02:25That is a terrific credit to Harbaugh.
02:29Terrific job when you look at it by the NFL.
02:32And that is a monster credit here when you look at it to the National Football League.
02:37So you have the Cowboys on the ramps in prime time.
02:40Sunday night football, Monday night football, home game, and then in Los Angeles, SoFi.
02:45Then the Tennessee Titans and the Arizona Cardinals.
02:48Nice, relatively softer stretch.
02:51Week three, week four at home.
02:54Washington, who I do not believe is going to be strong this year.
02:57The Saints, and I do think the Saints can win the division in the South,
03:02but that is not a juggernaut team, and that's a home game at MetLife.
03:06Texans are a really difficult team, and that's a tough one, obviously,
03:10in Houston against that defense.
03:13Bi-week in the middle of the season, that's important here when you start analyzing
03:17a team in which you look for on schedule release.
03:20In Philly, that's going to be tough.
03:22And then you see the back-to-back weeks where you have the NFC East teams with the Eagles,
03:27and then a short week at home against Washington.
03:31A couple of AFC South teams that are going to be interesting with Jacksonville and Indianapolis.
03:37That's a road game in Indy.
03:38Niners at home in Seattle, NFC West foes.
03:41Then Cleveland at home.
03:45Another prime time game with the Detroit Lions.
03:48So that's going to be four prime time games for the Giants,
03:51which is a monster credit to the organization.
03:53Feels about right.
03:54Then they finish the season.
03:56Look at that stretch at the Dallas Cowboys and a home against the Philadelphia Eagles.
04:02So that stretch in Detroit at Dallas, and then Philly, that's going to be tough.
04:07Now, let's go through this game by game, and we're going to give you predictions.
04:13First of all, I think the Giants are going to beat the Dallas Cowboys.
04:16That's number one.
04:17It's a home game.
04:18I love Dallas.
04:19I'm obsessed with the Cowboys offseason.
04:21I have Dallas winning the NFC East, but I think that's a game.
04:25Jackson darts.
04:26Bright lights are on.
04:27I think Jackson darts and company get it done.
04:30Giants pass rush is legit.
04:32I'm fired up about Reese.
04:34I think you're going to see the Giants on opening night with Dallas coming to town.
04:39A lot of newbies on that Dallas defense, and I think it's going to be great
04:43getting a new defense with a first-time coordinator week one to me is a monster advantage for the Giants.
04:50So I have them starting the season 1-0.
04:52I have them losing in Los Angeles, beating the Titans, beating the Cardinals.
04:56I have them beating the Washington commanders.
05:00I think that they will take care of business.
05:02I am not high on Washington this year.
05:03I know that's a road win, but I think they will go ultimately 4-2 in the division.
05:08I have them beating the Saints.
05:10I have them losing in Houston.
05:13Then the bye.
05:14I have them losing in Philadelphia, beating Washington.
05:19I'm going to have them splitting against the Jags and the Colts.
05:24I'm going to have the Giants beating the San Francisco 49ers.
05:28That's a home game.
05:29I think the Giants have been so bad, so boring, so nondescript for so long at MetLife.
05:35That's a coast-to-coast spot and situation for San Francisco going to MetLife Stadium.
05:40I think the Giants should be ready for something like this.
05:43I have them losing in Seattle.
05:45I have them ultimately beating a team like Cleveland.
05:49Look, I don't think the Lions are going to be great this year,
05:52but for the sake of this conversation in the month of May,
05:55I'm going to have them losing in Detroit.
05:58I have them losing in Dallas.
06:01And I have them beating Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 18 of the NFL season.
06:09So, you do the math on this, and I have the Giants winning 10 games.
06:16The New York football Giants winning 10, losing 7, which to me would be a monster success when you look
06:25at it for Big Blue and for Coach Harbaugh and John Harbaugh's first season.
06:30I think every Giants fan alive right now would sign up for that.
06:34Frankly, I think they're closer to 11 than they are to 9 when you go through the schedule.
06:41I think the Giants, on paper, are going to be dynamite this year.
06:45Love what they did in the offseason.
06:47Love all the former Ravens they brought in.
06:50Love Jackson Dart.
06:51I'm a big believer in that year-two jump at the quarterback position when things start to settle down.
06:58And you're not going through the draft process and the combine and you're drinking through a fire hose.
07:04I think Dart's going to have a terrific season.
07:06Giants have their quarterback.
07:07He's got to learn how to protect his body and needs to learn how to get out of bounds.
07:10But I am really fired up about this, and I have the New York football Giants winning 10 games for
07:17the 2026 NFL season.
