Considering Beckham’s nine-catch, 130-yard, three-touchdown performance against Breaux last season, it’s scary to think of what he could to the Saints’ second-tier corners. Richard scored on a 75-yard touchdown run on his first carry in the NFL. If this statistic is any indication of how this week’s matchup will conclude, then fans should are in for another entertaining matchup between these two teams. The Saints, meanwhile, are 1-4 against the spread in their last five games in September and are winless at 0-4 ATS in their last four games in Week 2. He picked up 112 rushing yards and 229 receiving yards, failing to really ever make an impact. The 2016 defense may be even worse than the 2015 version and that is just downright disgusting.
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The New York Giants released placekicker Randy Bullock and signed defensive tackle Montori Hughes.
Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. The Saints defense will be required to pickup turnovers against Manning and the Giants to get off the field and provide an elite Saints offense with an extra possession or two. The Giants shouldn’t have a problem throwing the ball against an extremely weak Saints’ secondary, so establishing a rushing threat is key to a Giants’ victory.
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NY also released Brown’s replacement, Randy Bullock, and re-signed defensive tackle Montori Hughes, who had been waived on the final preseason cutdown. They produced 13 touchdown passes (seven by Brees, six by Manning), an INT returned for a TD by the Giants and 1,024 total yards.
BACK TO NORMAL: Giants receiver Victor Cruz returned in style from a series of injuries, scoring the winning touchdown in his first game since October 2014. Furthermore, the Giants’ wide receiver corps looked very good against the Cowboys.
SAINTS WR Snead (6-70-2 in Week 8 win over Giants last year) was 9-172-1 on 9 targets in Week 1.
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Big Blue emerged on the wrong side of the quarterback duel, though, and lost, 52-49. The Raiders will try to spring defensive end Khalil Mack loose after he didn’t reach Drew Brees in the opener. “I was getting killed, I’m not going to lie to you”. It can not be stressed enough how important it is for the Giants to rush Drew Brees on Sunday. Payton talks to him through his headset throughout the game, and when Payton feels strongly about a particular play at a particular time, that’s what gets called, Payton explained.
