Things look good for the New Orleans Saints in Week 4. After taking care of business on the road, they’re headed back to New Orleans for their true home opener at the Caesars Superdome against the New York Giants with a 2-1 record.
And things haven’t gone well for Big Blue. The Giants are one of two NFC teams still chasing their first win after the first three weeks (along with the Detroit Lions), but at least they can chalk up John Mara’s hamfisted no-taunting rule as a win. They aren’t beating anyone of the field, but at least they aren’t being laughed at about it between snaps anymore.
So what’s the scoring outlook on Sunday? Tipico Sportsbook has favored the Saints by 7.5 points with a very low over/under of 42.5 points — tying two other games for the week’s smallest output. It comes out to an implied final tally close to New Orleans 25, New York 17.
That feels generous for a Giants team that put up just 14 points on the Atlanta Falcons last week. Atlanta has the NFL’s third-worst scoring defense (94 points allowed in three games) and they still found ways to force five New York punts. Daniel Jones has an even greater challenge against the Saints’ third-best scoring defense (42 points allowed so far), so good luck to him.
