Quite the contrast from the past two campaigns, including their Super Bowl run, when the schedulers pitted Drew Brees' team against some of the softest teams in the league.
A closer look shows New Orleans was again blessed by got off easy by the schedule makers once more.
Outside of divisional games the Saints play 10 times, evenly divided between home and away.
Their road games include Green Bay, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Tennessee and Minnesota.
Meanwhile at home the Saints got Houston, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago and New York (Giants).
Opponents faced on the road this year combined to go 37-43 last year, while the home ones went 43-37.
Take away the Peyton Manning-less Colts from the home schedule and the undefeated Packers from the road, and the talent disparity is absurd; 14-33 versus 29-18.
I guess that's why they call New Orleans the Big Easy.
I guess that's why they call New Orleans the Big Easy.
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Nice segue to New Orleans' nick name.
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