Can the New York Giants, 3-0 at MetLife Stadium this season, continue their winning ways at home on Sunday when they face the New Orleans Saints? Below, how the Big Blue View staff is predicting the game, as well as the rest of the NFL Week 6 action.
Chris Pflum
Just how beaten up are the Giants?
That’s the question on my mind as we get ready for this game. I think I’m less concerned with Abdul Carter than I am with Andrew Thomas and Jermaine Eluemunor. Even though Thomas hasn’t been healthy since Week 1, the Giants
have still fielded one of the very best tackle duos in the NFL. And while Marcus Mbow has played well in his outing, he’s struggled with power in the past. That’s a bit of a concern given the Saints have a pair of good-sized and powerful defensive ends in Chase Young and Carl Granderson.
That said, the Saints’ defense has been pretty porous and their win rates haven’t been great this year. As long as the Giants can protect Jameis Winston, there should be opportunities to move the ball and score.
On the flip side, the Giants’ defense has been playing with a similar aggression as the Vikings’ defense that held Tyler Shough to 3.8 yards per attempt, and their offense to 142 total yards. The Giants’ pass rush has been dynamic over the last two games, and they’ve been opportunistic in creating turnovers. The Giants’ athletic blitzers could cause many of the same problems for the Saints as the Vikings’ did — at least assuming Abdul Carter’s calf injury is minor.
I’m still going to pick the Giants to win the game, but my confidence level depends on the the Giants’ health.
Pick: Giants
Tony Del Genio
This is an uncomfortable matchup for the Giants. The Saints have been sub-.500 in three of the past four seasons, yet they have beaten the Giants three years in a row. The Giants’ last victory was in overtime in 2021, when Daniel Jones passed for 402 yards in the Superdome. The losing quarterback in that game was…Jameis Winston.
History aside, my discomfort stems from what I see as a non-ideal matchup of strengths and weaknesses. Tyler Shough is a very experienced quarterback even though this is only his second year in the NFL. His receiving corps is better than what the Giants saw last week, most notably Chris Olave, second in the NFL in receiving yards. Shough was flummoxed by Brian Flores’ blitzing Minnesota defense last week. If that sounds like good news because Dennard Wilson has become fond of the blitz himself, it’s not. Flores’ defense works because the zone defense and deception he uses behind it induce quarterbacks to throw quickly to receivers they think are open, but aren’t. Dennard instead is playing a decent amount of Cover 0 and leaving cornerbacks to stay with receivers in single coverage. Can the Giants’ cornerbacks cover receivers like Olave? The answer to that may decide the game.
I’m more optimistic about the Giants on offense…if they can protect Winston. Chase Young is back to his early form, and with Carl Granderson on the other side form a good 1-2 punch against…whom? Neither Andrew Thomas nor Jermaine Eluemunor practiced on Wednesday. If Winston sees a lot of pressure, it could be lights out for the Giants. Given time, though, he may be able to exploit the Saints’ second and third levels. And maybe the Giants can find a way to finally run the ball effectively against one of the worst run defenses in the league. I choose to be optimistic this week. A little, anyway.
Pick: Giants
David Hartman
I’m more than a little surprised that the 1-4 Saints are favored over the 3-1-1 Giants this Sunday, and especially with the game being played at MetLife. Then again, while the Giants are 2-0-1 in their last three outings, all of those games were effectively decided on the final play of the game. New York is a bounce (and brain fart) or two away from also being 1-4.
The Saints are Big Blue’s fourth straight opponent who, like them, picked in the Top-10 of the 2026 draft, with three of those four games at home. This game is the end of the easy stretch of New York’s schedule.
New Orleans can throw the ball, but they can’t run it or stop the run. They rank 30th in the NFL in rushing offense and 29th in rushing defense. Kellen Moore’s offense is fast-paced — they’re second in the league in plays per game (74). Dennard Wilson’s defense will need to stay fresh, and play better than it did last week against Washington. Sustained drives by New York’s offense should help with that.
I like the Giants to win fairly convincingly in this one, and for the first time in a month, I don’t think you’ll need to wear a heart monitor to watch the fourth quarter. They should be able to establish the run and work some play-action off of that, and I think they’ll be able to rattle Tyler Shough with their pass rush, as the Vikings did last week. Jameis Winston didn’t throw any picks last week (although he did lose a fumble) and while it’s a lot to ask for a repeat, I think he’s showing pretty good command and very good rapport with his main weapons. They’ll get a lift from the home crowd too.
Pick: Giants
James Hickey
The Giants come home Sunday to face a the New Orleans Saints, a team that has been put on notice by their owner just this week that improvements are needed. I do not know about you, but when my boss tells me something like that, my work goes up a notch.
As Jon Runyan noted this week, the Giants could easily be 1-4 and they are a beat up team coming off their tie in Washington— there is a real chance that their offensive tackles could be a first- and second-year player at some point on Sunday. When teams are evenly matched, I always go with the more desperate team and the Giants using up all of their luck last week.
Pick: Saints 27, Giants 10
Valentine’s View
Like others above, this game makes be a bit queasy from a Giants’ perspective. They have lost to the Saints three years in a row. The 1-4 Saints are likely better than their record, and are under fire from ownership. They will come to MetLife Stadium desperate to turn their season around. The Giants are 3-0 at home this season, but you are fooling yourself if you think they will win every game at MetLife. The Saints are vulnerable defensively and middling offensively, but the Giants have plenty of their own issues.
I think the Giants can find a way to win this game. Perhaps that comes down to the belief in themselves the Giants have developed vs. a Saints team that has underperformed expectations. I feel like, at least for now, things have been bouncing the Giants way. If Abdul Carter can’t play, though, my view on this game might change.
Pick: Giants
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