How many prime time games do you think we get next season and against who?

redlandssaintsson said
The Raiders were at one point a very popular team, and certainly here in CA they had a strangle hold on the TV market. But in the last 7-10 years they've been a joke and have lost a lot of TV play. There's no such thing as a "premier" team. The NFL schedules games based on how many eyes they think will be on them. Based solely on last years performances, compared to the Falcons, Pats, Niners...who do you really think the NFL is trying to market? The team that missed the playoffs, or those that were good last year? I mean, come on man. I'm not crapping on your team. I'm a fan of the Saints, and love to see them on TV in primetime. But lets be honest, the Niners, Cowboys, Pats, and Falcons are getting you guys on MNF and SNF, not the other way around.

So we were the team with the most wins between 2009-2011, and you are saying one down year (not because the team wasnt good, but because of suspensions) is enough to make it so we are no long a marquee team? And the cowboys are?

The real answer is that we are a big media draw, dominant or not. We have a top 10 fan-base and we regularly have set records on the field and in the ratings. Sean Payton is a headline coach, and Drew Brees is a superstar. We will receive ~4 nationally televised games because of those reasons, and the networks will be happy to get those games.