By Ross Jackson
Now that all of the NFL’s regular season games have been announced, it’s time to start getting a look at how teams shape up. For the New Orleans Saints, they will play a last-place schedule in 2025 after falling to the bottom of the NFC South last year.
Despite that, the Saints don’t yet project to be in place to take advantage. New Orleans looks to be another year away from competing thanks to its coaching staff revamp, newly complex quarterback situation and vast changes to schemes on both sides of the ball.
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The Saints can show immense improvement in many ways, even if it doesn’t show up on the win-loss record.
With that, my prediction is that the Saints will finish the 2025 season 6-11. One win better than last year, at the very least, seems promised following what should be improved coaching from the last two seasons.
Injury issues will have to eventually begin to curve as well, which ideally begins for a team looking to build a rhythm and identity this year.
I see wins for the Saints against the New York Giants after a tough 0-4 start to the season, the Chicago Bears, at home against the Atlanta Falcons fresh off of the Week 11 bye week, and a momentum-building win-streak late in the year beginning with the Week 15 game against the Carolina and finishing up against the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans before a loss in the Falcons finale.
New Orleans can establish some promising rhythm toward the end of the season, giving the team a boost headed into the offseason before what is sure to be another eventful set of changes via free agency.
Toss-up games against a worsening San Francisco 49ers team and New England Patriots club, both home games, could get the Saints above their seven-win ceiling. But until we know what the rosters look like, we’ll call them losses. Those two games being wins could have a major impact on their abilities to build up their roster next year, anyway.
Finishing 6-11 could put the Saints in line for another early selection in the NFL Draft as well, allowing the team to continue building with youth ahead of teaming what should be a notable step forward in 2026.
