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 (2‑9) vs Dolphins (4‑7) |
0 | Saints Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | X | X | X | <1% | X | X | X | >99% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑8) vs Buccaneers (6‑5) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Rams (9‑2) vs Panthers (6‑6) |
0 | Rams Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Panthers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Commanders (3‑8) vs Broncos (9‑2) |
0 | Commanders Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Broncos Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (2‑9) vs Falcons (4‑7) |
0 | Jets Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Falcons Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (8‑4) vs Browns (3‑8) |
0 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Browns Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Vikings (4‑7) vs Seahawks (8‑3) |
0 | Vikings Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | X | >99% | ||
| Giants (2‑10) vs Patriots (10‑2) |
0 | Giants Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Patriots Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||