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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
New York Giants
4-2 37
32.59
 
VS
proj
New Orleans Saints
13 2-4
15.21

New York Giants hand New Orleans Saints third consecutive loss in 37-13 rout

New York Giants rolled to a 37-13 win to hand New Orleans Saints their third consecutive loss. It didn't take long to learn who would have the advantage in the matchup, as New York Giants jumped out to a 32-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout showings from Lamar Jackson (11 points) and Graham Gano (8). Kenyan Drake (164 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) did everything he could for New Orleans Saints in defeat. New York Giants (4-2) will look to add to their success against Denver Broncos, while New Orleans Saints (2-4) will attempt to get back on track against Dallas Cowboys.

Matchup Timeline

  New York Giants   New Orleans Saints

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 5 passes for 65 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Bills, Kelce registered 6 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 2.55-point projection and was much higher than his 3.17-point season scoring average. Kelce ranks #29 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Travis Kelce

Top Player Comparison

New York Giants
Points
% of total points 37
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
11
8.16
29.7%
2
Graham Gano
K
8
7.44
21.6%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
6
2.55
16.2%
4
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
6
5.82
16.2%
New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 13
1
Kenyan Drake
RB
14
3.61
107.7%
2
%
3
%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Darius Slayton had a 23-yard touchdown catch for New York Giants to contribute to a 31--1 lead for the team.
Monday
Kenyan Drake had a 69-yard touchdown run for New Orleans Saints.

Points By Position

  New York Giants   New Orleans Saints

What If

New York Giants would have beaten nine other teams besides New Orleans Saints this week.
New Orleans Saints would have lost to 10 other teams besides New York Giants this week.
If New York Giants played New Orleans Saints every week this season, they'd be 4-2.
Had they played each other last week, New York Giants would have defeated New Orleans Saints 51-33.
New York Giants would be 3-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New Orleans Saints.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New York Giants, New Orleans Saints would be 4-1.
If New York Giants had played every team in the league each week, they would be 45-31-2.
If they played every team every week, New Orleans Saints would be 38-37-3.

Coach Talk

New York Giants
Now that's what we call coming through in the clutch! Despite contributing just 197 total yards from scrimmage, your five starting offensive position players (two WRs, one RB, two TEs) combined to find paydirt a whopping four times.
New Orleans Saints
It's entirely possible that New Orleans Saints may be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating just nine targets combined in Week 6, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently did a superb job blocking downfield and running decoy routes.