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 | |||
| Cardinals (3‑11) vs Falcons (5‑9) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Falcons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Lions (8‑6) vs Steelers (8‑6) |
0 | Lions Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Steelers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Colts (8‑6) vs Forty-Niners49ers (10‑4) |
0 | Colts Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ||