The New York Giants are back at MetLife Stadium in Week 6, and they bring a 3-1-1 record into a matchup with the New Orleans Saints that still has them listed as 1.5-point underdogs.
That line stands out a little when you look at the records. The Saints are 1-4 and dealing with pressure from ownership, while the Giants have managed to stay atop the NFC East after tying the Washington Commanders on the road in Week 5.
New York is also 3-0 at home, which makes Sunday’s 1 p.m. ET kickoff feel like another opportunity for the Giants to keep this run going.
A big reason for that record is the shift at quarterback. The Giants are 2-0-1 with Jameis Winston as their starter, and they’ve kept winning - or at least avoiding losing - since he took over.
The matchup also comes with some familiarity: this will be the fifth meeting in six years between the Giants and Saints, and New Orleans has won the last three. The only season since 2021 that the teams didn’t play was 2022.
Health is part of the picture, too. The Giants are dealing with injury concerns for starting right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), backup cornerback Colton Hood (concussion), and starting safety Tyler Nubin (neck). Head coach John Harbaugh said Monday that all three are “day-to-day”.
The team also made a roster move this week, adding veteran linebacker Malik Harrison to the 53-man roster on Tuesday. The spot opened Saturday when defensive lineman Chauncey Golston was placed on injured reserve.
The broader conversation around the Giants has been about how they’re getting these results. Jameis Winston’s arrival after the Week 2 season-ending injury to Jaxson Dart changed the shape of the offense, and the Giants have still found a way to stay in front in the division. As one piece of the discussion put it, the Giants may need to change how they think about offense.
That has made the margins feel razor-thin, and that was part of the point in the Monday media session when Harbaugh tried to capture Winston’s outlook by reaching for a Winston Churchill quote: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
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