Giants lose to the Saints 48-27.
Eli Manning was 14 of 31 for 178 yards and 1 TD and 1 INT.
David Carr was 4 of 5 for 72 yards and 1 TD.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 48 yards on 10 carries and 1 TD.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 33 yards on 7 carries and caught 1 pass for 2 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 5 passes for 114 yards and 1 TD.
Mario Manningham caught 4 passes for 50 yards and 1 TD.
Steve Smith caught 4 passes for 44 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 3 passes for 22 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 1 pass for 18 yards.
Chase Blackburn had 1 sack.
Lawrence Tynes made field goals of 49 and 38 yards.

Game Notes:
"They said this would be a sort of 'homecoming' for Eli Manning, who was raised a Saints fan but had never played in the Superdome. Well Saints head coach Sean Payton didn't use up his bye week planning any parades for Eli and there wasn't a lot of welcoming confetti being thrown around on the field. The Saints buckled down and worked out their game plan and hit the Giants hard from the opening bell. They never let up and had a 34-17 lead by the end of the half.
It was a half that saw Drew Brees at his best, completing 17 of his 20 passes for 247 yards and 3 touchdowns. Former Giant Jeremy Shockey was in there with 3 of his catches going for first downs and then one other for a touchdown. Boy it's tough not to root for that guy after watching him play for the Giants for so many years. The Giants somehow made that easier as Shockey sort of disappeared in the second half and he had no more catches. It was a small victory for the Giants defense however as the Saints were able to score touchdowns two more times and they kept this game out of reach.
The good things to take away are that the Giants lost to maybe the current best team in the NFC. Eli Manning didn't seem to be troubled at all by his foot injury, and guess what? With all said and done, the Giants are 5-1 and still on top of the NFC East.

Game Notes:
"Well the Saints once again pulled off their usual offensive big-play magic. While Drew Brees was making the Statue of Liberty, or in this case the Giants defense, disappear, Eli Manning was reduced to attempting cheap parlor tricks with marked cards, easily read by the Saints defense who happen to shop at the same New Orleans dollar store where they all live. Manning and his receivers were not performing well.
At the half the Giants on offense had scored 17 points off the five possessions and that one kneel-down play they had, so they had a chance. The special teams unit had some penalties but had come up with a blocked extra point and some nice runbacks by Domenik Hixon. The running game was working, averaging almost five yards a carry. The big glaring weakness was the defense allowing Drew Brees to complete on nearly every pass. Clearly the four man rush concept was not working and it was up to defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but unfortunately Michael Boley, Kenny Phillips, and Aaron Ross were not backstage.
At one point in the third quarter I thought things were about to change. Brees felt some pressure and his offense seemed off balance. He threw a pass into the dirt. Bell picked up three yards and then Brees lined up and called a timeout. Next they went offsides and drew a penalty. Brees threw a pass to Marques Colston to the Giants 5 for 31 yards, but he had stepped out of bounds before his catch and that cost the Saints five more yards. Things were going the Giants way but now facing a 3rd and 17, Brees threw a 22 yard completion to Lance Moore and a few plays later a touchdown pass and the score went to 41-17. Everyone could see that the Giants were out of tricks now, and while the defense did hold them to only one touchdown in each of the last two quarters, the offense couldn't catch up.
This wasn't the Bucs, Chiefs and Raiders the Giants were playing against. They were up against the best offense in the league and it showed. If the Giants just stumbled here and weren't just all smoke and mirrors in the first five games, they will have to prove it with their next performance in Giants Stadium against Arizona on Oct 25.

Early Stats:

Giants streak of scoring on every opening drive this season came to an end.

Giants gave up 34 points by halftime.
That matched the total they had allowed in the first half in their first five games combined.

Giants Fred Robbins blocked a PAT attempt.

Lawrence Tynes 49 yard field goal was his longest of this season.

Saints Drew Brees connected on 15 straight throws during the game.

Saints had 7 different players score a touchdown for the first time in franchise history.

Saints went to 5-0 for the third time in team history and first time since 1993.

Saints have won all 5 games by 14 points or more and have yet to trail this season.

Saints have beaten all three NY teams in a row: Buffalo, Jets and Giants.

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