2020_New_Orleans_Saints

2020 New Orleans Saints season
2020 New Orleans Saints season
Owner	Gayle Benson
General manager	Mickey Loomis
Head coach	Sean Payton
Offensive coordinator	Pete Carmichael Jr.
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Allen
Home field	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st NFC South
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (vs. Bears) 21–9; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Buccaneers) 20–30
Pro Bowlers	5 OT Terron Armstead ; DE Cameron Jordan ; RB Alvin Kamara ; CB Marshon Lattimore ; OG Andrus Peat ;
AP All-Pros	3 LB Demario Davis (2nd team) ; RB Alvin Kamara (2nd team) ; RT Ryan Ramczyk (2nd team) ;
Uniform
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2020 New Orleans Saints season

54th season in franchise history

The 2020 season was the New Orleans Saints' 54th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 45th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and their 14th under head coach Sean Payton. Although they failed to match their 13–3 records from 2018 and 2019, the Saints defended their NFC South title for the fourth consecutive year following a Week 16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. After beating the San Francisco 49ers in Week 10, they won six straight games for the fourth consecutive season. With a Week 13 win over the Atlanta Falcons, the Saints clinched a franchise record fourth consecutive playoff appearance.^[1] After Week 17 victory over the division rival, Carolina Panthers, the Saints became the first NFC South member to sweep the division in its history. During the Wildcard round against the Chicago Bears of the 2020–21 NFL playoffs, the Saints made history as one of the first two teams to air in a post-season football game on Nickelodeon, a primarily children-related network.^[2] The Saints would defeat the Bears 21–9, advancing to the divisional round, where they were defeated by division rival and eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30–20, despite having swept them in the regular season.

Quick Facts New Orleans Saints season, Owner ...

This season marked the end of the Drew Brees era in New Orleans as he would announce his retirement on March 14, 2021, after twenty seasons of playing in the NFL, fifteen of those with the Saints.^[3]^[4]

Draft

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Notes

The Saints traded their second-round selection (No. 56 overall) to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for the Dolphins' 2019 second-round selection.
The Saints traded their seventh-round selection, along with their 2019 fourth-round selection to the New York Giants in exchange for cornerback Eli Apple.
The Saints traded their third-round selection (No. 88 overall) and their 2021 third-round selection to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for the Browns' 2020 third-round selection (No. 74 overall) and the Browns' seventh-round selection (No. 244 overall).
The Saints traded their fourth-round selection (No. 130 overall), fifth-round selection (No. 169 overall), sixth-round selection (No. 203 overall) and their seventh-round selection (No. 244 overall) to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the Vikings' 2020 third-round selection (No. 105 overall).
The Saints traded their 2021 sixth-round selection to the Houston Texans in exchange for the Texans' 2020 seventh-round selection (No. 240 overall).

Regular season

Game summaries

Standings

Conference

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NFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Green Bay Packers	North	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	.428	.387	W6
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New Orleans Saints	South	12	4	0	.750	6–0	10–2	.459	.406	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seattle Seahawks	West	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	.447	.404	W4
4	Washington Football Team	East	7	9	0	.438	4–2	5–7	.459	.388	W1
Wild cards
5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	11	5	0	.688	4–2	8–4	.488	.392	W4
6	Los Angeles Rams	West	10	6	0	.625	3–3	9–3	.494	.484	W1
7^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Chicago Bears	North	8	8	0	.500	2–4	6–6	.488	.336	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Arizona Cardinals	West	8	8	0	.500	2–4	6–6	.475	.441	L2
9	Minnesota Vikings	North	7	9	0	.438	4–2	5–7	.504	.366	W1
10^{[lower-alpha 3]}	San Francisco 49ers	West	6	10	0	.375	3–3	4–8	.549	.448	L1
11^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}	New York Giants	East	6	10	0	.375	4–2	5–7	.502	.427	W1
12^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Dallas Cowboys	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.471	.333	L1
13^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Carolina Panthers	South	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	.531	.388	L1
14^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Detroit Lions	North	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	.508	.350	L4
15	Philadelphia Eagles	East	4	11	1	.281	2–4	4–8	.537	.469	L3
16	Atlanta Falcons	South	4	12	0	.250	1–5	2–10	.551	.391	L5
Tiebreakers^{[lower-alpha 6]}
New Orleans finished ahead of Seattle based on conference record. Chicago finished and clinched the 7th and final playoff spot ahead of Arizona based on better win percentage in common games (against Detroit, the NY Giants, Carolina, and the LA Rams, Chicago finished 3–2, while Arizona finished 1–4). San Francisco finished ahead of the NY Giants based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Dallas (see below). NY Giants won tiebreaker over Dallas based on division record. Carolina finished ahead of Detroit based on head-to-head victory. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

Game summaries

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (7) Chicago Bears

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NFC Wild Card Playoffs: (7) Chicago Bears at (2) New Orleans Saints – Game summary

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: January 10, 2021
Game time: 3:40 p.m. CST
Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
Game attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alex Kemp
TV announcers (CBS/Nickelodeon): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson and Jay Feely; Noah Eagle, Nate Burleson, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green and Lex Lumpkin (Nickelodeon feed)
Recap, Game Book

For the first time since the 2006 season, the Saints meet the Bears in the playoffs. It also marked their first victory against Chicago in the playoffs, with the Bears having won the 1990 Wild Card game and the 2006 NFC Championship. It was primarily due to the Saints dominating on both sides of the ball for all four quarters. During a 4th down play, Alex Kemp got confused by misreading Cordarrelle Patterson's uniform number, making Patterson curse on the microphone. Anthony Miller threw a punch at Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, resulting in both players getting offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, thus an ejection for Miller. This was not only aired on CBS, it was also the first game to be aired on Nickelodeon.

NFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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NFC Divisional Playoffs: (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers at (2) New Orleans Saints – Game summary

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: January 17, 2021
Game time: 5:40 p.m. CST
Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
Game attendance: 3,750
Referee: Shawn Hochuli
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews
Recap, Game Book

Even though the Saints swept them in the regular season, they would meet the Buccaneers in the playoffs. This was Drew Brees' last game and the Saints would lose to Tom Brady. Jared Cook would fumble at the goal line after catching a pass. In this game, Alvin Kamara lined up at quarterback, flipped it to Emmanuel Sanders, and then to Jameis Winston, who threw a 56-yard touchdown which was paused due to an accidental flag thrown by the officials, which referee Shawn Hochuli acknowledged that James Hurst checked in as eligible and lined up at the end of the line of scrimmage, thus calling back the flag to reward the Saints a score.

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[11-4-97] New Orleans finished ahead of Seattle based on conference record.

[8-8-98] Chicago finished and clinched the 7th and final playoff spot ahead of Arizona based on better win percentage in common games (against Detroit, the NY Giants, Carolina, and the LA Rams, Chicago finished 3–2, while Arizona finished 1–4).

[6-10a-99] San Francisco finished ahead of the NY Giants based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Dallas (see below).

[6-10b-100] NY Giants won tiebreaker over Dallas based on division record.

[5-11-101] Carolina finished ahead of Detroit based on head-to-head victory.

[102] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

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Position	Player	2020 team	Date signed	Contract
MLB	Stephone Anthony	Arizona Cardinals (PS)	November 16, 2020	1 year $84k^[5]
CB	Eli Apple	Carolina Panthers	May 28, 2020	1 year, $3 million^[6]
CB	Johnson Bademosi	New Orleans Saints	April 23, 2020	1 year, $1.1875 million^[7]
SS	Vonn Bell	Cincinnati Bengals	March 25, 2020	3 years, $18 million^[8]
QB	Drew Brees	New Orleans Saints	March 17, 2020	2 years, $50 million^[9]
QB	Teddy Bridgewater	Carolina Panthers	March 17, 2020	3 years, $63 million^[10]
WR	Ted Ginn Jr.	Chicago Bears	April 30, 2020	1 year, $1.1875 million^[11]
LB	A. J. Klein	Buffalo Bills	March 16, 2020	3 years, $18 million^[12]
OLB	Josh Martin
G	Patrick Omameh	New Orleans Saints	May 14, 2020	1 year, $1.1875 million^[13]
G	Andrus Peat	New Orleans Saints	March 20, 2020	5 years, $57.5 million^[14]
DE	Noah Spence	New Orleans Saints	March 23, 2020	1 year, $910k^[15]^[16]
S	D. J. Swearinger	New Orleans Saints	March 22, 2020	1 year, $1.1 million^[17]
MLB	Manti Te'o	Chicago Bears (PS)	October 20, 2020	1 year, $132k^[18]
RB	Dwayne Washington	New Orleans Saints	April 16, 2020	1 year, $1.0475 million^[19]
CB	P. J. Williams	New Orleans Saints	April 2, 2020	1 year, $2 million^[20]

Position	Player	2020 team	Date signed	Contract
WR	Austin Carr	New Orleans Saints	May 7, 2020	1 year, $825k^[21]
CB	Justin Hardee	New Orleans Saints	March 20, 2020	1 year, $1.5 million^[22]
QB	Taysom Hill	New Orleans Saints	March 16, 2020	Assigned 1st Round Tender, 1 year, $4.641 million^[23]
C	Cameron Tom	New Orleans Saints	April 9, 2020	1 year, $887.5k^[24]

Position	Player	2020 team	Date signed	Contract
LB	Colton Jumper
WR	Keith Kirkwood	Carolina Panthers	March 19, 2020	1 year, $800k^[25]

Position	Player	2019 team	Date signed	Contract
S	Malcolm Jenkins	Philadelphia Eagles	March 18, 2020	4 years, $32 million^[26]
FB	Michael Burton	Washington Redskins	March 18, 2020	1 year, $1.0475 million^[27]
WR	Emmanuel Sanders	San Francisco 49ers	March 20, 2020	2 years, $16 million^[28]^[29]
DB	Deatrick Nichols	Houston Roughnecks (XFL)	March 23, 2020	1 year, $675k^[30]
QB	Jameis Winston	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	April 28, 2020	1 year, $1.1 million^[31]
DT	Margus Hunt	Indianapolis Colts	April 30, 2020	1 year, $1.05 million^[32]
RB	Ty Montgomery	New York Jets	May 15, 2020	1 year, $1.0475 million^[33]
OLB	Anthony Chickillo	Pittsburgh Steelers	May 21, 2020	1 year, $1.0475 million^[34]
T	James Hurst	Baltimore Ravens	May 27, 2020	1 year, $1.0475 million^[35]
OLB	Nigel Bradham	Philadelphia Eagles	July 30, 2020	1 year, TBC^[36]
WR	Bennie Fowler	New York Giants	July 30, 2020	1 year, $910k^[37]
TE	Ethan Wolf	Los Angeles Rams	August 19, 2020	1 year, $610k^[38]
CB	Kemon Hall	Minnesota Vikings	August 25, 2020	1 year, $610k^[39]
LB	Wynton McManis	Calgary Stampeders (CFL)	August 28, 2020	1 year, $610k^[40]
DE	Anthony Lanier	Kansas City Chiefs	August 29, 2020	1 year, $825k^[41]
DE	T. J. Carter	Arizona Cardinals	August 29, 2020	1 year, $610k^[42]
CB	Ken Crawley	Practice Squad	October 12, 2020	1 year, $910k^[43]
WR	Tommylee Lewis	Practice Squad	October 31, 2020	1 year, $910k^[44]
QB	Trevor Siemian	Tennessee Titans	November 21, 2020	1 year, $910k^[45]
G	Patrick Omameh	Las Vegas Raiders	December 15, 2020	1 year, $1.05 million^[13]
WR	Jake Kumerow	Buffalo Bills	December 25, 2020	1 year, $750k^[46]

Position	Player	Last team	Date signed	Contract
DE	Anthony Zettel	Minnesota Vikings	September 19, 2020	1 year, $192k^[47]
CB	Grant Haley	New York Giants	September 20, 2020	1 year, $134.4k^[48]
CB	Ken Crawley	Arizona Cardinals	September 28, 2020	1 year, $168k^[43]
WR	Malik Henry	Indianapolis Colts	September 30, 2020	1 year, $117.6k^[49]
WR	Tommylee Lewis	Carolina Panthers	October 8, 2020	1 year, $156k^[44]
DE	Will Clarke	Detroit Lions	October 22, 2020	1 year, $132k^[50]
DT	Christian Ringo	Cincinnati Bengals	November 11, 2020	1 year, $96k^[51]
DT	Ryan Glasgow	New England Patriots	November 17, 2020	1 year, $84k^[52]
WR	Jake Lampman	Tampa Bay Vipers (XFL)	December 23, 2020	1 year, $16.8k^[53]
LS	John Denney	Miami Dolphins	January 11, 2021	1 year, TBC^[54]
K	Blair Walsh	Atlanta Falcons	January 11, 2021	1 year, TBC^[55]

Position	Player	2020 team	Date released
G	Larry Warford	N/A (Opt-out)	May 8, 2020^[56]
TE	Mitchell Loewen		May 15, 2020^[57]
WR	Tim White		May 28, 2020^[58]
DE	Gus Cumberlander		August 2, 2020^[59]
WR	Maurice Harris		August 2, 2020^[60]
WR	Krishawn Hogan	Tennessee Titans	August 2, 2020^[61]
S	Chris Johnson		August 2, 2020^[62]
WR	Tommylee Lewis	Carolina Panthers	August 2, 2020^[44]
G	Adrian Magee		August 2, 2020^[63]
RB	Taquan Mizzell	New York Giants (PS)	August 2, 2020^[64]
CB	Deatrick Nichols	Miami Dolphins	August 2, 2020^[30]
FB	Ricky Ortiz		August 2, 2020^[65]
DT	Taylor Stallworth	Indianapolis Colts	August 3, 2020^[66]
OLB	Nigel Bradham	Denver Broncos (PS)	August 24, 2020^[36]
CB	Tino Ellis	Miami Dolphins (PS)	August 26, 2020^[67]
OL	Darrin Paulo	Denver Broncos	August 29, 2020^[68]
LB	Joe Bachie	Philadelphia Eagles	September 5, 2020^[69]
WR	Emmanuel Butler		September 5, 2020^[70]
WR	Austin Carr	Resigned	September 5, 2020^[21]
DE	T. J. Carter		September 5, 2020^[42]
OLB	Anthony Chickillo	Denver Broncos	September 5, 2020^[34]
OLB	Andrew Dowell	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[71]
DT	Mario Edwards Jr.	Chicago Bears	September 5, 2020^[72]
WR	Bennie Fowler	Resigned	September 5, 2020^[37]
TE	Garrett Griffin	Resigned	September 5, 2020^[73]
CB	Kemon Hall	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[39]
WR	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[74]
DT	Margus Hunt	Resigned	September 5, 2020^[32]
WR	Juwan Johnson	Resigned	September 5, 2020^[75]
RB	Tony Jones	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[76]
LB	Wynton McManis		September 5, 2020^[40]
G	Patrick Omameh	Las Vegas Raiders	September 5, 2020^[13]
OL	Jordan Steckler	New England Patriots (PS)	September 5, 2020^[77]
TE	Tommy Stevens	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[78]
OL	Calvin Throckmorton	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[79]
C	Cameron Tom	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[24]
CB	Keith Washington	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[80]
TE	Ethan Wolf	Practice Squad	September 5, 2020^[38]
DE	Anthony Lanier		September 11, 2020^[41]
FS	Saquan Hampton	New York Jets	September 14, 2020^[81]
C	Will Clapp	Resigned	September 26, 2020^[82]
C	Will Clapp	Resigned	October 8, 2020^[82]
DT	Margus Hunt	Cincinnati Bengals	October 12, 2020^[32]
WR	Tommylee Lewis	Resigned	November 3, 2020^[44]
OLB	Chase Hansen	Practice Squad	November 24, 2020^[83]
TE	Garrett Griffin	Practice Squad	December 19, 2020^[73]
QB	Trevor Siemian	Practice Squad	December 19, 2020^[45]
WR	Tommylee Lewis	Practice Squad	December 24, 2020^[44]
G	Patrick Omameh	Kansas City Chiefs (PS)	December 24, 2020^[13]
WR	Jake Kumerow	Practice Squad	January 9, 2021^[46]
WR	Austin Carr	Practice Squad	January 11, 2021^[21]

Position	Player	2020 team	Date released
CB	Kemon Hall	Dallas Cowboys (PS)	September 19, 2020^[39]
WR	Malik Henry		October 10, 2020^[49]
TE	Tommy Stevens	Carolina Panthers	November 10, 2020^[78]
DE	Will Clarke		November 17, 2020^[50]
DT	Christian Ringo		January 11, 2021^[51]
DE	Anthony Zettel	Practice Squad	January 11, 2021^[47]
LS	John Denney	Practice Squad	January 13, 2021^[54]
WR	Jake Lampman		January 13, 2021^[53]
K	Blair Walsh	Practice Squad	January 13, 2021^[55]
WR	Tommylee Lewis		January 16, 2021^[44]
DE	Anthony Zettel		January 16, 2021^[47]

Position	Player	Date signed	Contract
DT	David Onyemata	March 16, 2020	3 years, $27 million^[84]
LS	Zach Wood	March 16, 2020	4 years, $4.78 million^[85]
CB	Janoris Jenkins	March 25, 2020	2 years, $16.75 million^[86]
QB	Taysom Hill	April 26, 2020	2 years, $20.941 million^[23]

Position	Player	From/to	Date traded	For
LB	Kwon Alexander	San Francisco 49ers	November 2, 2020	Kiko Alonso, 2021 Conditional Fifth-round selection to 49ers
LB	Kiko Alonso	San Francisco 49ers	November 2, 2020	Kwon Alexander, 2021 Conditional Fifth-round selection to 49ers

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	24	Cesar Ruiz	C	Michigan
3	74	Zack Baun	LB	Wisconsin
3	105	Adam Trautman	TE	Dayton
7	240	Tommy Stevens	QB	Mississippi State

Position	Player	College	Date signed	Contract
LB	Joe Bachie	Michigan State	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[69]
WR	Marquez Callaway	Tennessee	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.295 million^[87]
DE	Gus Cumberlander	Oregon	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.2865 million^[59]
CB	Tino Ellis	Maryland	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[67]
P	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[88]
WR	Juwan Johnson	Oregon	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.295 million^[75]
RB	Tony Jones	Notre Dame	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[76]
OL	Darrin Paulo	Utah	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[68]
DT	Malcolm Roach	Texas	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.295 million^[89]
OL	Jordan Steckler	Northern Illinois	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.3 million^[77]
OT	Calvin Throckmorton	Oregon	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.2975 million^[79]
CB	Keith Washington	West Virginia	April 25, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[80]
G	Adrian Magee	LSU	April 26, 2020	3 years, $2.285 million^[63]


	Quarterbacks 9 Drew Brees 7 Taysom Hill 2 Jameis Winston Running backs 32 Michael Burton FB 41 Alvin Kamara 88 Ty Montgomery 28 Latavius Murray 24 Dwayne Washington Wide receivers 12 Marquez Callaway 11 Deonte Harris RS 83 Juwan Johnson 17 Emmanuel Sanders 10 Tre'Quan Smith 13 Michael Thomas Tight ends 87 Jared Cook 89 Josh Hill 82 Adam Trautman		Offensive linemen 72 Terron Armstead T 73 Ethan Greenidge T 74 James Hurst T 68 Derrick Kelly II G 78 Erik McCoy C 75 Andrus Peat G 71 Ryan Ramczyk T 51 Cesar Ruiz G Defensive linemen 90 Malcom Brown DT 92 Marcus Davenport DE 96 Carl Granderson DE 91 Trey Hendrickson DE 94 Cameron Jordan DE 93 David Onyemata DT 98 Sheldon Rankins DT 97 Malcolm Roach DT 99 Shy Tuttle DT		Linebackers 47 Alex Anzalone MLB 53 Zack Baun OLB 56 Demario Davis OLB 55 Kaden Elliss OLB 52 Craig Robertson MLB Defensive backs 25 Ken Crawley CB 22 C. J. Gardner-Johnson SS 48 J. T. Gray SS 34 Justin Hardee CB 20 Janoris Jenkins CB 27 Malcolm Jenkins SS 23 Marshon Lattimore CB 21 Patrick Robinson CB 36 D. J. Swearinger FS 43 Marcus Williams FS 26 P. J. Williams FS Special teams 3 Wil Lutz K 6 Thomas Morstead P 49 Zach Wood LS		Reserve lists 58 Kwon Alexander MLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 29 Johnson Bademosi CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 64 Will Clapp C (COVID-19) 77 Jalen Dalton DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 62 Nick Easton G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 16 Bennie Fowler WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 4 Blake Gillikin P (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 57 Noah Spence DE (NF-Inj.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 86 Jason Vander Laan TE (Opt-out) 85 Cole Wick TE (Opt-out) Practice squad 80 Austin Carr WR 46 John Denney LS 50 Andrew Dowell LB 95 Ryan Glasgow DT 45 Garrett Griffin TE 30 Grant Haley CB 42 Chase Hansen OLB 84 Lil'Jordan Humphrey WR 37 Tony Jones Jr. RB 18 Jake Kumerow WR 15 Trevor Siemian QB 66 Calvin Throckmorton T 63 Cameron Tom G 5 Blair Walsh K 38 Keith Washington Jr. CB 59 Marcus Willoughby DE (Injured) 86 Ethan Wolf TE Rookies in italics 53 active, 10 inactive, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt)

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	August 14	at Los Angeles Rams	SoFi Stadium	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2	August 23	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Heinz Field
3	August 29	Houston Texans	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
4	September 3	Miami Dolphins	Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 34–23	1–0	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
2	September 21	at Las Vegas Raiders	L 24–34	1–1	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
3	September 27	Green Bay Packers	L 30–37	1–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
4	October 4	at Detroit Lions	W 35–29	2–2	Ford Field	Recap
5	October 12	Los Angeles Chargers	W 30–27 (OT)	3–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
6	Bye
7	October 25	Carolina Panthers	W 27–24	4–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
8	November 1	at Chicago Bears	W 26–23 (OT)	5–2	Soldier Field	Recap
9	November 8	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 38–3	6–2	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
10	November 15	San Francisco 49ers	W 27–13	7–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
11	November 22	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–9	8–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
12	November 29	at Denver Broncos	W 31–3	9–2	Empower Field at Mile High	Recap
13	December 6	at Atlanta Falcons	W 21–16	10–2	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Recap
14	December 13	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 21–24	10–3	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
15	December 20	Kansas City Chiefs	L 29–32	10–4	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
16	December 25	Minnesota Vikings	W 52–33	11–4	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
17	January 3	at Carolina Panthers	W 33–7	12–4	Bank of America Stadium	Recap

NFC South
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ New Orleans Saints	12	4	0	.750	6–0	10–2	482	337	W2
⁽⁵⁾ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	5	0	.688	4–2	8–4	492	355	W4
Carolina Panthers	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	350	402	L1
Atlanta Falcons	4	12	0	.250	1–5	2–10	396	414	L5

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	0	10	6	23
Saints	0	17	7	10	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	10	7	0	7	24
Raiders	0	17	7	10	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	10	14	10	37
Saints	7	10	10	3	30

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	7	21	7	0	35
Lions	14	0	7	8	29

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
Wild Card	January 10, 2021	Chicago Bears (7)	W 21–9	1–0	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
Divisional	January 17, 2021	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5)	L 20–30	1–1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap

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Roster changes

Free agency

Unrestricted

Restricted

Exclusive Rights FA

Signings

Practice squad additions

Released/waived

Practice squad releases

Contract extensions

Retirements

Player trades

Draft

Undrafted free agent signings

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 2: at Las Vegas Raiders

Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 4: at Detroit Lions

Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Chargers

Week 7: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 8: at Chicago Bears

Week 9: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 11: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 12: at Denver Broncos

Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 15: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 17: at Carolina Panthers

Standings

Division

Conference

Postseason

Schedule

Game summaries

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (7) Chicago Bears

NFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

External links

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