We’re on to Week 6 of the New Orleans Saints’ 2023 season, this time headed for another road game with an AFC opponent — and the Saints have to be hoping for a repeat of last week’s performance in a dominate win over the reeling New England Patriots.
But the Houston Texans present a number of different challenges, mostly at quarterback. Rookie standout C.J. Stroud appears to be the real deal. He ranks third in the league in passing yards through his first five games, and he has yet to throw his first interception. The Saints defense will have their work cut out for them in slowing him down.
So who do those in the know like in this game? Let’s review the Week 6 NFL expert picks for Sunday’s Saints-Texans matchup:
USA TODAY
Chris Bumbaca: Texans
Jarrett Bell: Saints
Lorenzo Reyes: Saints
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz: Texans
Nate Davis: Saints
Safid Deen: Saints
Tyler Dragon: Saints
Victoria Davis: Saints
NFL.com
Ali Bhanpuri: Saints
Brooke Cersosimo: Texans
Dan Parr: Saints
Gennaro Filice: Saints
Tom Blair: Texans
ESPN
Stephania Bell: No pick
Matt Bowen: Saints
Mike Clay: Texans
Jeremy Fowler: Saints
Dan Graziano: Saints
Kimberley Martin: Saints
Eric Moody: Texans
Jason Reid: Texans
Lindsey Thiry: Saints
Sam Wickersham: Texans
CBS Sports
Pete Prisco: Saints
Will Brinson: Texans
Jared Dubin: Texans
Ryan Wilson: Texans
John Breech: Saints
Tyler Sullivan: Saints
Dave Richard: Saints
Jamey Eisenberg: Saints
MMQB
Albert Breer: Texans
Mitch Goldich: Saints
Claire Kuwana: Texans
Gilberto Manzano: Texans
Conor Orr: Saints
John Pluym: Saints
Matt Verderame: Saints
Sporting News
Bill Bender – Saints 23, Texans 20
The Saints have been unpredictable the last two weeks, but the 34-0 victory against New England improved the team to 2-1 S/U on the road. Houston offers another opportunity, though C.J. Stroud has yet to throw an interception and hasn’t taken a sack in the last three games. Derek Carr hasn’t put up gaudy numbers, but he hasn’t thrown an interception the last three weeks.
Athlon Sports
Alek Arend: Saints
Matt Audilet: Texans
Cameron Flynn: Texans
Bleacher Report
Bleacher Report’s Week 6 picks (vs. spread)
Gary Davenport: Saints
Brad Gagnon: Saints
Ian Hanford: Texans
Kris Knox: Saints
Maurice Moton: Saints
Wes O’Donnell: Saints
Brent Sobleski: Saints
Saints Wire
Darrion Gray: Saints
Jeremy Trottier: Texans
Dylan Sanders: Saints
Crissy Froyd: Saints
John Sigler: Saints
Bottom Line
At the end of the day we’ve found 36 experts picking the Saints and 19 in favor of the Texans, which comes up to a 65% to 35% difference. Can the Texans pull off an upset and make all of us picking against them look bad? We’ll find out Sunday afternoon.
