Giants-Saints Preview Week 6 | 224

The Saints offense versus the Giants defense.

Uh, usually we start with the Giants offense first, but I wanna talk about the Saints offense because they do have a lot of yards.

They're 16th in points per game this year, 20th in points per drive, 17th in EPA per play.

Uh, they're good at converting, seventh on third down, fourth in the red zone.

And it starts with Tyler Shug.

You know, they're 11th in passing yards per game, 21st in net yards per attempt, but they are second in passing attempts per game.

Like, Tyler Shug is throwing the ball 41 times per game, second highest in the NFL.

Part of that is from playing from behind, but I do think part of that is the way that they also are built.

You know, he has nine touchdowns, five interceptions.

So Shug is able to diagnose a zone coverage well and rip it, you know, and he has a lot of trust in his two outside wide receivers, you know, Chris Olave being, you know, uh, second in the NFL in receiving, we'll get to that, and even Donov- uh, Donovan Peley, he'll give him some opportunities.

I think the issue, though, is that when the picture has changed and there's confusion and teams have started to blitz and get aggressive on him and quicken up the clock, that's where the Saints offense finds issues, and I think the Giants are gonna play into that.

Oh, absolutely.

The Giants have been really good, about a third of the time disguising their coverages, uh, through five weeks, which I think is the right amount, right? 'Cause, like, you can't disguise your coverage 100% of the time, then they know it's just certainly not whatever you're presenting at the beginning.

So I think a third of the time is the right sweet spot.

Um, uh, Tyler Shug has also really struggled with pressure as well.

Um, uh, well, I, I think for the long term, I think there's a lot to like about Tyler Shug.

Saints fans, I think are, their hearts are in the right place being excited about the long-term future of Tyler Shug.

But right now in the early years...

Because remember, you know, we did a little bit of draft prep on him.

For seven years of college, which is a number that gets thrown around a lot when people talk about him, he doesn't have a ton of college experience.

In six of those seven years, he will have thrown less attempts than he will definitely throw this year.

So-

We did a, we did a lot of work on him, and I, I feel like he's kind of living up to what you saw, where it's, you know, it's...

He can, he can diagnose, like I said, a, a coverage and rip it.

He's got no fear at times.