2021 New Orleans Saints - Future Schedule, Opponents with Full detail and Updates
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New Orleans Saints Full Schedule
The New Orleans Saints have had a great 2020 season thanks to Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, and a host of others, finishing the year with a 12-4 record. Even while they’re still competing for a spot in the Super Bowl, it’s not too early to take a look at what the team could need next season, according to USA Today.
The New Orleans Saints had the best record of the four teams who were eliminated from the playoffs during the divisional round and therefore will go into this year's NFL draft with the No. 28 pick. Currently, the Saints only own three selections in the 2021 draft, in the first, second, and fourth rounds. They traded away their 2021 third- and sixth-round selections during last year's draft for Zack Baun and Tommy Stevens, respectively. They also traded a conditional fifth-round selection for Kwon Alexander, and it is believed that selection will come in 2021 after Alexander hit play-time benchmarks.
New Orleans was also forced to forfeit their seventh-round selection after the NFL determined the Saints were repeated violators of COVID protocols. The Saints will pick up a few compensatory selections in the draft in the coming months. They will at least receive one 2021 third-round compensatory selection (and one more in 2022) after the Falcons named former Saints front office executive Terry Fontenot their general manager Tuesday, and they will also likely receive a third-round compensatory selection for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater signing with the Carolina Panthers this offseason.
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| Date | Opponent |
| Date TBA | at Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA |
| Date TBA | at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC |
| Date TBA | at New England Patriots Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA |
| Date TBA | Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Carolina Panthers Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Dallas Cowboys Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | New York Giants Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Buffalo Bills Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Miami Dolphins Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | Green Bay Packers Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA |
| Date TBA | at New York Jets MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ |
| Date TBA | at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA |
| Date TBA | at Seattle Seahawks CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA |
| Date TBA | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL |
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New Orleans Saints Future Opponents
The New Orleans Saints won their fourth consecutive NFC South title with a win over the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day and their 2021 opponents were finalized on Sunday, Dec. 27. The NFC South is matched up against the AFC East and the NFC East next season. Note that a 17th game reportedly will be added to the schedule. Here is the full list of New Orleans 2021 opponents, published by its own website.
| Saints home opponents in 2021 | Saints road opponents in 2021 |
| Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Carolina | Carolina |
| Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Dallas | New England |
| New York Giants | Seattle |
| Buffalo | New York Jets |
| Miami | Philadelphia |
| Green Bay | Washington |
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The scheduling formula implemented in 2002 with realignment guarantees that all teams play each other on a regular, rotating basis. Under the formula, every team within a division plays 16 games as follows: Home and away against its three division opponents (six games). The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (four games). The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (four games).
Two intraconference games based on the prior year's standings (2 games). These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year.
| New Orleans was also forced to forfeit their seventh-round selection after the NFL determined the Saints were repeated violators of COVID protocols. The Saints will pick up a few compensatory selections in the draft in the coming months. They will at least receive one 2021 third-round compensatory selection (and one more in 2022) after the Falcons named former Saints front office executive Terry Fontenot their general manager Tuesday, and they will also likely receive a third-round compensatory selection for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater signing with the Carolina Panthers this offseason. It is also possible the Saints will receive one or more compensatory selections in later rounds tied to players who left the team last year in free agency. This is at this point uncertain because the NFL does not release its compensatory picks formula. |
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