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 | |||
| Saints (0‑1) vs Forty-Niners49ers (1‑0) |
18 | Saints Wins | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 73% | ||
| Texans (0‑1) vs Buccaneers (1‑0) |
3 | Texans Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Chiefs (0‑1) vs Eagles (1‑0) |
2 | Chiefs Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Titans (0‑1) vs Rams (1‑0) |
1 | Titans Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Rams Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 69% | ||
| Vikings (1‑0) vs Falcons (0‑1) |
1 | Vikings Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Falcons Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Cardinals (1‑0) vs Panthers (0‑1) |
1 | Cardinals Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Bears (0‑1) vs Lions (0‑1) |
0 | Bears Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Lions Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 68% | ||
| Seahawks (0‑1) vs Steelers (1‑0) |
0 | Seahawks Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 69% | ||
| Cowboys (0‑1) vs Giants (0‑1) |
0 | Cowboys Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Giants Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||