Ok, so this will be the NFC Game of the Week! The Giants are 5-0 but let’s be realistic. Their schedule was pretty soft thus far – Redskins, Cowboys (Giants won by a couple of points), Bucs, Chiefs, Raiders. How many winning teams is that? Let’s see, 5 take away 4 is, ah, …….1. The Saints will be the first quality opponent the Giants have had all year. Their defense had better come prepared for a quality air AND ground attack. Hell, we might even so sub-terrainian on ’em!
That being said, the Saints also played a couple of fluff teams themselves, plus the Eagles without their starting QB. The Jets were our biggest challange so far and we took them out pretty nicely. This will be a game to set the stage for the rest of the year ~ for BOTH teams.
SAINTS 34 – giants 14.

I was a Jeremy Shockey fan when he played for New York and am absolutely thrilled to have him playing in and for my hometown! Give that boy some extra gumbo!!!
SAINTS 34 – giants 14.

What a long day with no Saints yesterday. I watched a lot of football with very little interest in any of it. I tried to watch the Giants looking for keys to Sunday, but how can you tell anything about anything when the opponent is the Raiders? I can’t wait for Sunday! It will probably be a tough game, but I’m convinced we will come out with the WIN!

Dave is right, we will get more coverage this week than any week in the past 3 years and that’s national attention that the Saints need. No one takes us seriously, but they will next Monday, after a beatin’ by the “Boys on the Bayou”. Who Dat!!!

’05 home game at Meadowlands, followed by another game played in New York the next year. Screw you, NFL, and G-Men.

More importantly, though, the Giants have been extremely good in every game so far, but, for them, this will (hopefully) be their first really tough game of the season. The winningest teams they’ve played thus far are the Skins and the Cowboys. While they are both division teams and the Cowboys game was an ugly road game, that’s still not what most would call real stiff competition. It’s difficult to really gauge how we match up with them, because I don’t think any of the games they’ve played thus far will look like the one against us. We definitely have the most potent offense they will have faced so far, by a long way, and it’s very likely that we will be the best defense they’ve played. Of course, that could go both ways, but I’m not so sure about that.

Constant pressure on Eli seems like the most important element of the game, defensively. They look very balanced on offense, but Eli hasn’t been pushed around by anybody yet. Beating him up early and speeding up his clock should give us a proper chance to get ahead early, as we have been doing. It would also just be psychologically satisfying for me, personally. I’m not a big Eli fan. I also have to imagine our offense will have greater success against the Giants than they did against the Jets. They have a great front four, but little else in the superlative category, defensively. And again, we have one of the most effective home field advantages in football.

Just another unpredictable, but entirely winnable “big game”. The media attention will be kind of irritating, win or lose. It won’t deflate our season if we lose, but I personally want this win more than any other non-division game of the year. Second only to Atlanta in the dome overall.

but they’ve played NO ONE so far. Last three games: Raiders, KC, Tampa (combined 1-14). The other two wins came against divisional opponents, which explains why they were closer games, but those two teams (Washington, Dallas) are both average, at best, and only get hyped up b/c they’re in the NFC east. That’s not to say that our undefeated record is somehow better (although our decisive wins against Philly and the Jets are better evidence of our talent than any of the teams the Giants played), but we have the talent to match up with them well. If we’re on our game after the bye week, this one should be an easy win.

i seriously felt lost this weekend… both usc and the saints were on a bye… two HUGE games for me this weekend. SC v ND and Saints v Giants. man i’m so psyched right now. i’m wishing it was already friday.

as to the saints v giants game.. i think if we approach this game like we did the jets, disrupt the qb, i think our D will give our O plenty of chances to score. we definitely to utilize the screen a bit more and for that i’d really like to see reggie rip it up. i know there’s a huge csc contreversy as to who/what reggie is and what not, but i really think using him on screens and draws are the way to go.

i’m also hoping for huge fantasy numbers from brees to show, at least one manning brother, how men get it done.

The only thing that concerns me is the whole coming back after a bye week thing. I’m not much for predicting games in the NFL based on past history and the Saints after bye-week record over the last few years is pretty meaningless to me. I just hope they bring the same level of intensity and concentration into the facility tomorrow that they had before the bye. Everything seems to point to them doing just that, as they seem extraordinarily motivated to succeed this year.

This is definitely a game we can win if the team once again prepares well for it. If GW can shut down the Giants running attack (Brandon Jacobs doesn’t look all that great right now), then I doubt Eli and his sore foot will be able to pass his way to victory. I’m very glad this one will also be in the Dome.

This week’s match-up between the Saints and Giants has much greater implications than staying undefeated. Home field advantage in the playoffs is at stake. With the tiebreaker to the Eagles secured, the only team to currently threaten this treasured position is the Giants and Vikings.

This is not looking ahead. Looking at the playoff picture as it stands now (bye weeks not withstanding), The Saints, Vikings and Giants are at the top of the pyramid. We control our head-to-head destiny with only the Giants – this week! If, by luck, the Saints and the Vikings win out, the tiebreaker for home field advantage is broken by: a.) Strength of victories; b.) Strength of schedule; and then four or five other items of statistical insignificance, with a coin flip being the last hoo-rah. We don’t want to be in the Meadowlands come January.

 Let us take care of business one week at a time in October and the chips will be stacked in our favor come January. Better to look ahead at implications than back at regrets. GO SAINTS!!!

to the Saints going up against what I consider one of the best if not the best team in the NFL. We’ll see how we stack up. I think I’ll be able to set my expectations for the season based on what I see in this game. I’ve got some friends that are Giants fans, so this is big for bragging rights too.

A couple of facts
This will be the 3rd #1 defense we’ve faced this year, so I’m not that worried about the challenge for our offense.
The Giants offense hasn’t really faced anyone yet outside of Washington, and the last 3 are ranked 28,31, and 32 in defense.
Outside of the Cowgirls, the Giants D has faced the 23,26,30 and 32 ranked offenses, nor has the Saints D really faced a formidable offense outside of Philly.
The Giants haven’t played a TEAM that is anything better than 3rd in it’s division.
They have blown teams out the water, but it’s important to keep in mind who their blowing away.

We aren’t the Raiders, Redskins, Chiefs, Cowboys, or the Bucs, so I look forward to this weekend.

are really good teams. In fact, I’d be willing to bet this is the first of two games we will play against each other this season. Unless one of us falls to the Vikings in the second round, I don’t see any teams keeping us from meeting again in the NFC Championship. We can’t fault the Giants for playing crap teams just like they can fault us for playing some, even if their’s were crappier than ours. This one will definitely be a slobberknocker!! I go to at least one Saints game a year and this is it. At first I was upset we weren’t going to the Saint’s vs. Cowboys game (I love to see us whoop up on the Cowboys) but now I’m glad it’s this one. This should be the toughest game for the Saints all year. Yes, even tougher than the Patriots game later in the season.

Geaux Saints!
Who Dat?!?
Bring Em to the DOME!!