New York Giants (0-3) vs. New Orleans Saints (2-1)
October 3, 2021 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: New Orleans Saints -7.5 / New York Giants +7.5; Over/Under: 43.5
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The New York Giants and New Orleans Saints meet Sunday in a week 4 NFL contest at Caesars Superdome in Louisiana. The New York Giants need a win to prevent back-to-back 0-4 starts to the season. The New Orleans Saints look for another win to improve to 3-1 on the season.
The New York Giants have lost six of their last nine road games. Daniel Jones is completing 65.4 percent of his passes for 782 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Sterling Shepard and Kenny Golladay have combined for 389 receiving yards and one touchdown while Darius Slayton has seven receptions. The New York Giants ground game is averaging 107.7 yards per contest, and Jones leads the way with 161 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, New York is allowing 24.7 points and 374.3 yards per game. Logan Ryan leads the New York Giants with 25 tackles, Azeez Ojulari has three sacks and James Bradberry has one interception.
The New Orleans Saints have won six of their last seven home games. Jameis Winston is completing 60.3 percent of his passes for 387 yards, seven touchdowns and two interceptions. Deonte Harris and Marquez Callaway have combined for 175 receiving yards and two touchdowns while Alvin Kamara has 10 receptions. The New Orleans Saints ground game is averaging 120.3 yards per contest, and Kamara leads the way with 177 yards on 52 carries. Defensively, New Orleans is allowing 14 points and 304 yards per game. Demario Davis leads the New Orleans Saints with 24 tackles, Tanoh Kpassagnon has two sacks and Malcolm Roach has one interception.
The Giants are 20-7 ATS in their last 27 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Saints are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games overall. The under is 13-3 in Giants last 16 games overall. The under is 6-0 in Saints last 6 games overall. The Giants are 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 meetings in New Orleans and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 meetings.
It’s tough to back the Giants with confidence, as the defense has struggled to get off the field and the offense has had trouble finishing drives through three games. This is also the season opener for the Saints, a team that’s fresh off a big win over the Patriots and has shown a quality defense. With that said, this is a lot of points and I’m not there with the Saints yet to be laying full touchdowns. The Giants have also been road covering machines these last few years. I’ll take a stab with the Giants and the points.
