Today's Saints intelligence

4 things worth knowing this morning before travelling to NYG in 3 days (Sunday, October 18 · 1:00 PM ET). Everything below was measured or gathered by the pages it links to — this is where they meet.

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Game context

Saints are 1-4 after a loss over MIN

Week 6 is next, in 3 days, with 5 games measured so far.

Record: 1-4
Week 5: L 13-23 vs MIN
Next: at NYG, in 3 days

Week 6 at New York Giants — a 5.4-point Saints loss, 34.4% win probability, market line 1.5.
Edge — Saints red zone offence vs New York Giants defence — Saints touchdown rate inside the 20 77.8%, 4th of 32; Touchdown rate allowed inside the 20 71.4%, 23rd of 32.

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Source: Schedule and the matchup report

What the numbers say

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Where the team has moved

Measured over 2026 season through week 5.

Offensive EPA per play: −0.040 · 23rd of 32
Defensive EPA per play allowed: +0.089 · 27th of 32
Offensive success rate: 43.6% · 15th of 32

Offensive EPA per play — +0.077 before the last 3 games, −0.160 across them — worse by 0.237 EPA.
Offensive success rate — 44.3% before the last 3 games, 41.7% across them — worse by 2.6 percentage points.
Defensive EPA per play allowed — +0.036 before the last 3 games, +0.152 across them — worse by 0.116 EPA.
Red-zone touchdown rate — 77.8% · 4th of 32

Trending players

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Who is moving

Rising, falling and changing role across the most recent measured games.

Bryce Lance — EPA per play moved from +0.642 to −1.995 across the last 3 games.
Juwan Johnson — EPA per play moved from +0.947 to −0.014 across the last 3 games.
Devaughn Vele — EPA per play moved from +0.657 to +0.158 across the last 3 games.
Danny Stutsman — Snap share moved from 18.5% to 83.3% over the last 3 games.

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Source: Player trends report

Latest report · Weekly Intelligence

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Saints weekly intelligence — 2026, Week 6

Week 6 of the 2026 season. The Saints went 1-4 across 5 games, at a net efficiency of −3.2 points per game, on −0.040 EPA per play offensively, and +0.089 allowed. Next: Saints at New York Giants · Sunday, October 18 · 1:00 PM ET. The measured matchup favours the opponent at 34.4% win probability.

Data window: 2026 season through Week 5

Saints team analytics — 2026 season through Week 5 — 2026 season through Week 5
Saints player trends — 2026 season through Week 5 — 2026 season through Week 5
Matchup preview — Week 6 at New York Giants — 2026 season through Week 5

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Earlier

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Where this comes from

Nothing on this page is calculated here. The game context is the schedule, the numbers and the trending players are the weekly briefing reading its own reports, and the headlines are the live publisher sweep behind the news page. Each entry names its source and links to the page that produced it, so a figure here and a figure there cannot disagree.