Did we over achieve last year and eat the cheese?

Let's be real. 2017 was a cupcake schedule. In non-division games last year, the Saints played against the AFCE and the NFCN (minus a healthy Aaron Rodgers) and went 6-2.

Not so in 2018. Non-division opponents are the AFCN and the NFCE. And based on winning the NFCS in 2017, additional opponents include the Rams and the Vikings in 2018... a tougher row to hoe.