New York Giants Vs. New Orleans Saints Bullet Points

The New York Giants do battle with the New Orleans Saints today. Here is a brief look at the matchup including a historical, statistical and eye test perspectives.

The Giants are 15-12 against the Saints in their head to head meetings.

The Giants have outscored the Saints in the 27 games they have played, 598-571

The last meeting between these two teams was in 2012. The Giants won a shootout 52-27.

The Saints rank 15th in points per game averaging 23 points. The Giants are 10th in the NFL in this category with 23.7 points per contest.

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The Saints pass for a lot of yards. With an average of 297.1 yards they rank third in passing in the league. The Giants rank 14th in the passing game.

Brandin Cooks has the Saints most receptions with 35. However Willie Snead leads the team in receiving yards and averages 15.9 yards per reception.

Mark Ingram is the Saints leading rusher. The bulldozer of a back averages 4.4 yards per carry.

Eli Manning likes to spread the ball around. Odell Beckham, Rueben Randle, Shane Vereen and Larry Donnell all have at least 22 receptions. Beckham has 42 receptions and 4 touchdowns this season.

There are a lot of big plays in Saints games. They average 5.6 yards a play but their opponents average 6.4 yards.

The Giants are great in the turnover ratio. The Giants have a +10 turnover ratio while the Saints have broken even at 0. Turnovers could very well decide the outcome of this game for the Giants.

The Giants pass rush has been very minimal this season and have only produced 9 sacks. The good news is that Eli Manning has only been sacked 9 times this season. The offensive line has had it’s shaky moments as a group but has performed better than expected.

This has all the makings of a shoot out between two good quarterbacks and two struggling pass defenses. Expect the Giants to find their offensive stride in this game, however the Saints likely will too.

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