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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
New Orleans Saints
10-6 51
31.2
 
VS
proj
New York Giants
40 9-7
22.96

New Orleans Saints defeat New York Giants for third straight win, 51-40

New Orleans Saints extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought victory over New York Giants, coming out on top with a 51-40 win. New Orleans Saints took an early 4-point lead on Saturday behind George Kittle. New York Giants came back to take the lead during the early games on Sunday, powered by Daniel Jones (17 points) and Saquon Barkley (13). Unphased, New Orleans Saints made a run later that afternoon, as Melvin Gordon III (12 points) put them back on top once and for all. This marks the second time this season New Orleans Saints have gotten the best of New York Giants, after winning 23-21 in their last matchup. New Orleans Saints will look to keep winning in the Championship next week, while New York Giants attempt to bounce back and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  New Orleans Saints   New York Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook overachieved for the eighth time this season, scoring 7 points against his 0.94-point projection. In a 38-28 win over the Titans, he caught 3 passes for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns. Cook ranks #7 among fantasy TEs this season and will face the Panthers next week.
Jared Cook

Top Player Comparison

New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 51
1
Melvin Gordon III
RB
12
4.02
23.5%
2
Drew Brees
QB
10
7.82
19.6%
3
Wil Lutz
K
8
7.56
15.7%
4
Jared Cook
TE
7
0.94
13.7%
New York Giants
Points
% of total points 40
1
Daniel Jones
QB
17
5.11
42.5%
2
Saquon Barkley
RB
13
4.39
32.5%
3
Aldrick Rosas
K
5
6.7
12.5%
4
Cody Latimer
WR
3
0.1
7.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with standout moments on both teams early Sunday, after which New York Giants owned a 40-39 lead. Drew Brees teamed up with Jared Cook for a 61-yard touchdown pass for New Orleans Saints. Meanwhile, Daniel Jones teamed up with Saquon Barkley for a 33-yard touchdown pass for New York Giants. Jones also lit up the scoreboard with a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 51-yard pass, while Barkley added a 67-yard touchdown run.

Points By Position

  New Orleans Saints   New York Giants

What If

New Orleans Saints would have beaten six other teams besides New York Giants this week.
New York Giants would have lost to just one other team besides New Orleans Saints this week.
If New Orleans Saints played New York Giants every week this season, they'd be 9-7.
New Orleans Saints would be 8-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New York Giants.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New Orleans Saints, New York Giants would be 8-5-1.
If New Orleans Saints had played every team in the league each week, they would be 105-87-4.
If they played every team every week, New York Giants would be 100-93-3.

Coach Talk

New Orleans Saints
Hey, we admire the confidence, New Orleans Saints. It takes a special kind of moxie to deploy a player with zero points (Tre'Quan Smith), while still earning the win.
New York Giants
Welp, we can't really whine about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? Our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) combined to see a grand total of 20 targets in Week 16. Those players might need to hit the practice field, considering they hauled in just 11 receptions.