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NFL Week 4 · Sun, Oct 4, 10:00 AM PT

Giants trade for J.J. McCarthy with Dart out for the season

Winston's Giants beat Tennessee 12-7 on four field goals, and Brissett brings a Cardinals offense that just scored 30 against the 49ers. The posted line is ARI -1.5 with a total of 44.5, and the contract below prices the win outright.

Kickoff

10:00 AM PT

1:00 PM ET, Sun, Oct 4

Stadium

MetLife Stadium

East Rutherford

On TV

CBS

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Open Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants markets

YES prices in cents from Kalshi's public data. Only markets that close after right now are shown, grouped by game.

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BidThe most a buyer will pay right now. Selling now gets you this.
AskThe least a seller will take. Buying now costs this.
LastThe price of the most recent trade.
SpreadAsk minus bid. Amber at 10¢ or more, where the gap eats most edges.

Source: Kalshi public market data, series KXNFLGAME, checked for this page on Sep 22, 2026. Prices can be a few seconds old. They are market prices, not our picks and not a recommendation. PM Countdown isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Kalshi.

What’s at stake

Arizona Cardinals are 1-2. New York Giants are 2-1. The posted line has Arizona Cardinals favoured by 1.5, with a total of 44.5. Kickoff is 1:00 PM ET on Sunday, October 4 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.

The storyline. The Giants traded a 2027 fifth-round pick to the Vikings for J.J. McCarthy after Jaxson Dart's Week 2 knee injury, which is expected to sideline him for the regular season. McCarthy was the 10th overall pick in the 2024 draft and had slipped to third on Minnesota's depth chart behind Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz. Jameis Winston started for the Giants in a 12-7 win over the Titans, and all of New York's points came on field goals.

The window. Eight games at once, split between CBS and FOX. 7 other games kick off at the same moment.

Tale of the tape

Going inARIArizona CardinalsARINYGNew York GiantsNYG
Record1-22-1
SideOn the roadAt home
The posted line−1.5+1.5
Implied points computed2321.5
Passing leader 3 gamesJacoby Brissett82/117, 652 yds, 4 TD, 1 INTJameis Winston25/49, 229 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT in two games
Rushing leader 3 gamesJeremiyah Love41 car, 160 yds, 1 TDCam Skattebo50 car, 177 yds, 1 TD
Receiving leader 3 gamesTrey McBride26 rec, 211 yds, 2 TDIsaiah Likely15 rec, 124 yds, 2 TD

Records, venue, spread and total from the ESPN scoreboard, read 2026-09-29.1 Player lines are three-game totals summed from the completed Week 1 to Week 3 box scores.2 Implied points is half the total moved half the spread, which is arithmetic on the two numbers above, not a projection.

The fantasy angle

Six players, the three who have produced most on each side. Every number here is the three-game box score total divided by the three games played, or divided by touches. It is what happened, not a projection.2

Where the points are priced. The spread and the total put Arizona Cardinals at about 23 and New York Giants at about 21.5. That gap is the first thing a start-or-sit call turns on: the same player is worth more in a game his side is priced to lead than in one it is priced to chase. It is arithmetic on the posted line, not a score projection.

PlayerYards PointsScores
ARIArizona Cardinals
Jacoby BrissettQB · 70.1% on 117 attempts217.3pass yds a game13.4half-PPR a game1.34 TD in three
Trey McBrideREC · 26 catches70.3yds a game15.4half-PPR a game0.72 TD in three
Jeremiyah LoveRB · 41 carries53.3yds a game7.3half-PPR a game0.31 TD in three
NYGNew York Giants
Jameis WinstonQB · 51.0% on 49 attempts114.5pass yds a game3.6half-PPR a game0.00 TD in two
Isaiah LikelyREC · 15 catches41.3yds a game10.6half-PPR a game0.72 TD in three
Cam SkatteboRB · 50 carries59.0yds a game7.9half-PPR a game0.31 TD in three

Half-PPR: 0.1 a rushing or receiving yard, 0.5 a catch, 6 a touchdown, 0.04 a passing yard, 4 a passing touchdown, minus 2 an interception. Full-PPR and standard leagues score catches differently, so the weights are printed rather than assumed. Three games played by every team at the time of this read.

What the market says

The posted line has Arizona Cardinals favoured by 1.5 on the road, with a total of 44.5. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result; the Kalshi contract below prices the win outright.

The two venue prices sit at the top of this page and are read live when it loads. A contract settles at $1.00 if that team wins and $0 if it loses, so a price in cents is that market’s implied chance of the win. Prices are the venues’, not our picks, and the two rarely agree to the cent.

A spread and a contract price are two different questions. The spread is the market’s estimate of the margin; the contract prices the win outright, and it is the one you can sell before the game ends. Books differ on the spread itself: our read found two games where a second book had a different number the same afternoon.1

Cardinals vs Giants player props on Kalshi

Every player contract Kalshi has listed for this game, live: passing, rushing and receiving yards, receptions, carries and touchdowns. Each chip is a threshold and the price to buy YES on it.

Reading the Kalshi board.

Trading the props

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured with a timestamp, so none appear here. What follows is our own number from the box scores, and the math for turning your board’s line into something you can compare to a price.

Passing yards

Jacoby Brissett ARI

217.3 a game

70.1% on 117 attempts through three games, 5.6 yds per attempt.

Other side: Jameis Winston (NYG) at 114.5

Rushing yards

Cam Skattebo NYG

59.0 a game

50 carries through three games, 3.5 yds per carry.

Other side: Jeremiyah Love (ARI) at 53.3

Receiving yards

Trey McBride ARI

70.3 a game

26 catches through three games, 8.1 yds per catch.

Other side: Isaiah Likely (NYG) at 41.3

Ours, from the box scores, not a posted line. Put each against whatever your board shows: if the board is well under our number the over is the question, and if it is well over, the under is. A number that sits on top of ours is telling you the board has read the same three games we have.

A pick’em entry is a parlay, and the math is unforgiving

Every leg has to hit. Two legs you think are 60% each come to 36% together, not 60. Three come to 22%. That multiplication is the whole game, and it is the reason a board can offer a number that looks generous and is still a bad price.

Work your break-even the other way round. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win 1 ÷ N of the time to break even, so each leg needs to hit the L-th root of that. A 2-leg play paying 3× needs each leg at about 57.7%. A 4-leg play paying 10× needs each at about 56.2%. Check your own board’s multipliers: they differ by state, by board and by promotion, so the number above is the method, not your terms.

Legs on the same game are not independent

A quarterback going over his passing yards and his top receiver going over his receiving yards are close to the same bet twice. That correlation is the one real lever in pick’em: it makes a correlated pair land together more often than the multiplication above suggests, and miss together just as often. Correlate on purpose or not at all.

What a contract does that a pick’em entry does not

The contract on the board above can be sold at any point before the game ends, so a position that moves your way early can be closed for a profit without waiting to find out. A pick’em entry is locked until every leg settles. That is the structural difference between the two products, and it is worth more than any single line. How the fee works on a contract

Trading it: the case each way

No plan is posted on this game. The props section above is about one player; this is about the game itself.

The question on New York Giants

New York Giants are 2-1 and they are at home, and the line makes them the underdog by 1.5. Decide what chance you would give them, in cents, before you read the board. If your number is above the ask, that is the trade; if it is not, there is no trade here.

The question on Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals are 1-2 and favoured by 1.5. A favourite contract costs most of a dollar, so the money at risk is large against the money to be made. Work out what you lose if it goes wrong before you decide what you make if it goes right.

Whatever you decide, write the entry, the sell target and the hold rule before kickoff, and remember the fee is largest near 50¢. How the fee works

Questions people ask about this game

What time is Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants and what channel is it on?

Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants kicks off at 1:00 PM ET on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. It is on CBS. It is carried regionally, so whether your market shows it is the network's call.

Who is favoured in Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants?

The posted line has Arizona Cardinals favoured by 1.5 with a total of 44.5, read from the ESPN scoreboard on 2026-09-29. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result, and books differ. The Kalshi contract on this page prices the win outright and is read live when the page loads, so it is the number to trust over a line written down days earlier.

How many points is each team priced for in Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants?

Half the total moved half the spread puts Arizona Cardinals at about 23 points and New York Giants at about 21.5. That is arithmetic on the two posted numbers, not a score projection, and it is the figure most fantasy decisions on this game turn on.

Who are the top fantasy producers in Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants?

Through three games the leaders are Trey McBride of Arizona Cardinals at 15.4 half-PPR points a game (26 catches through three games), and Isaiah Likely of New York Giants at 10.6 half-PPR points a game (15 catches through three games). Those are half-PPR points from the completed box scores divided by games played, so they describe what has happened rather than what will. Scoring weights and the full six-player table are on this page.

What player numbers should I check against a prop board for Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants?

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured from the app with a timestamp, so no posted line appears here. Our own figures from the box scores are Jacoby Brissett at 217.3 passing a game, Cam Skattebo at 59.0 rushing a game, Trey McBride at 70.3 receiving a game. Put each against whatever your board shows and decide which side of it you are on.

How often does each leg of a pick'em entry need to hit to break even?

A pick'em entry is a parlay, so every leg has to land: two legs you price at 60 per cent are 36 per cent together, and three are 22 per cent. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win one divided by N of the time, so each leg needs the L-th root of that. A two-leg play paying 3x needs each leg at about 57.7 per cent, and a four-leg play paying 10x needs each at about 56.2 per cent. Multipliers differ by state, board and promotion, so use your own terms.

Sources

Every stored figure on this page came from one of these, read 2026-09-29. Lines move and injury news lands after that; the prices in the strip and on the board are read live when the page loads, not written into it.

  1. ESPN NFL scoreboard: schedule, records, venue, broadcast, the posted spread and the total. site.api.espn.com
  2. ESPN NFL game summaries for the completed Week 1 to Week 3 games: the three-game player totals, summed from the box scores. espn.com
  3. Kalshi public markets API, the Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants game market: the contract this page links to. Prices are read live in your browser, never stored here. external-api.kalshi.com
  4. The headline on this page: The Giants traded a 2027 fifth-round pick to the Vikings for J.J. McCarthy. Read 2026-09-29. www.nfl.com
  5. Polymarket Gamma API, event nfl-ari-nyg-2026-10-04: the second venue in the price strip, also read live. gamma-api.polymarket.com

PM Countdown is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kalshi, Polymarket, ESPN or the NFL. Prices shown are the venues’, not our picks.

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