Professor

New Orleans Saints
Sept. 10 at Cleveland, 1 p.m. W
Sept. 17 at Green Bay, 1 p.m. W
Sept. 25 Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. W
Oct. 1 at Carolina, 1 p.m. L
Oct. 8 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. W
Oct. 15 Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 BYE
Oct. 29 Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Nov. 26 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Dec. 3 San Francisco, 1 p.m.
Dec. 10 at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Dec. 17 Washington, 1 p.m.
Dec. 24 at New York Giants, 1 p.m.
Dec. 31 Carolina, 1 p.m.

UCFNoleFan

I really think this might be the hardest non-conference schedule I have seen. Pittsburgh will be a challenge, but the rest might be tough, but should be winnable.

Professor

honestly, i think 7-9 would be the best that they could do and that's being generous.

UCFNoleFan

If Brees play well I think anywhere from 6-10 to 9-7 is possible. But if he doesn't I think it will be ugly.

UCFNoleFan

Also the draft will really tell how well this team can do, if they get Ngata or Hawk... I think there is a possiblilty of up to 12 wins on the schedule, but the defense has to show up each and every game.

juggalo6772

UCF i agree about the brees thing but you have got to be kidding me about the draft, Hawks good but no 1st rounders ever been good enough to give a team 3 more wins in there first year.

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UCFNoleFan

I think Ngata could, the Saints biggest 2 problems were Ints and run stopping, Brees takes care of one, if they get Ngata, run stopping shouldn't be as much of a problem.

Rntaboy

Big Ben rings a bell. And not making big mistakes is part of being good.

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The Browns suck.

Professor

the defense was already in place with a great coach in pitt, I would hardly give all the credit to ben, that was just asked to not lose games. The saints have a new coach and many more holes to fille than pitt did.

PoppaPoe33

They'll be close to the playoffs, but still have more work to do before it actually happens. I think they'll be competitive in their games though, whether or not they lose or win.

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