Saints fans have spent the week hearing about everything wrong inside their own building, from Tyler Shough’s turnovers to Kellen Moore’s play-calling to Gayle Benson’s not acceptable message after the loss to Minnesota. The bigger worry for New Orleans on Sunday is the opponent, because John Harbaugh’s New York Giants look nothing like the team the Saints beat 26-14 last October.
The all-time series is tied 17-17, and New Orleans has won three straight meetings. That history buys nothing at MetLife Stadium against a Giants team that sat atop the NFC East after three weeks and still leads the division heading into the 1 p.m. ET kickoff on FOX.
Giants defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson blitzed on just 22.1% of snaps through the first three games. Then Brian Burns tore his ACL and meniscus, and Wilson stopped waiting on a four-man rush. The Giants blitzed on 51.3% of passing plays against Arizona and 62.2% against Washington’s Jayden Daniels, piling up seven sacks and 14 quarterback hits in those two games, according to amNewYork.
“Dennard has pretty much every blitz known to man in the system,” Harbaugh said. That should make every Saints fan from Metairie to the Northshore nervou...