The New Orleans Saints (5-7) hit the road on Sunday to play at the New York Giants (7-5). Scheduled for a 4:25 p.m. EST kickoff this game will air as the Fox late game in most locations.
After a mid-season streak of wins the Saints are coming off of back-to-back losses against San Francisco and Atlanta. The Saints still have not figured it out on defense allowing 27 points per game the last two weeks. During their three game win streak they allowed just 19 points per game but two of those games came against Philadelphia and Oakland.
The Giants heaped praise onto Robert Griffin III leading up to their match-up against Washington last week. Unsurprisingly they failed to stop him late in the game, who would have thought after such kind words. The Giants have taken a different approach this week to playing the Saints with punter Steve Weatherford and others suggesting that suspended coach Sean Payton has sent messages to the team.
So what is the spread in the Saints and Giants game? The...
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PLAYERS:
Steve Weatherford,
Sean Payton,
Drew Brees,
Robert Griffin III
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Washington Redskins
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Washington Redskins
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