The Most Important Games for the Saints are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Saints final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Saints fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Saints Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Lions (7‑5) vs Cowboys (6‑5‑1) |
0 | Lions Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Saints (2‑10) vs Buccaneers (7‑5) |
0 | Saints Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Falcons (4‑8) vs Seahawks (9‑3) |
0 | Falcons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Packers (8‑3‑1) vs Bears (9‑3) |
0 | Packers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Bears Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Vikings (4‑8) vs Commanders (3‑9) |
0 | Vikings Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Commanders Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑9) vs Rams (9‑3) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Rams Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Chargers (8‑4) vs Eagles (8‑4) |
0 | Chargers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Eagles Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||