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Week 6 picks: Who the experts are taking in Saints vs. Texans

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

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USA TODAY’s Week 6 picks

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

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NFL.com’s Week 6 picks

Ali Bhanpuri: Saints

Brooke Cersosimo: Texans

Dan Parr: Saints

Gennaro Filice: Saints

Tom Blair: Texans

ESPN

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ESPN’s Week 6 picks

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

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CBS Sports’ Week 6 picks

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

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MMQB’s Week 6 picks

Albert Breer: Texans

Mitch Goldich: Saints

Claire Kuwana: Texans

Gilberto Manzano: Texans

Conor Orr: Saints

John Pluym: Saints

Matt Verderame: Saints

Sporting News

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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

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Athlon Sports’ Week 6 picks

Alek Arend: Saints

Matt Audilet: Texans

Cameron Flynn: Texans

Bleacher Report

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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

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Saints Wire’s Week 6 picks

Darrion Gray: Saints

Jeremy Trottier: Texans

Dylan Sanders: Saints

Crissy Froyd: Saints

John Sigler: Saints

Bottom Line

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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.

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