“Every day, I come by your house and I pick you up.

[Eric Cartman]

Watched The Many Saints Of Newark and kind of regret it, because its so superfluous. Even more so than El Camino, which at least wrapped up a couple of things that weren't addressed in the finale of Breaking Bad (or, much later, the finale of Better Call Saul).

I mean... it's an okay watch, but it doesn't add anything to The Sopranos or even really relate to the TV show given its set so far before it started.
I guess maybe the creator wanted to spend some time with some of the sidecast in their prime? HBO were stealth piloting for a Young Tony series?

No idea. Sadly forgettable and kind of tarnishes the Sopranos just by its existence.