That Last game vs Atlanta may determine the division/playoffs

motivation2k12 said

I wouldn’t be shocked if the saints win the division and upsets someone in the wild card round. Any given Sunday and I’ve seen it happen to the saints when we played a 7 win team in the playoffs and lost. Lattimore,MT,Rasheed and a couple other reinforcements will be back. So I would not be surprised.

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I would.

If the Saints ended up winning the division (which I don't think they will, I think TB wins it), they'd be the 4th seed, which means they'll get to play the highest wild card, which means either the Eagles or Dallas: they are both 3 games ahead of anyone else not leading a division, so with 4 games left, the overwhelming odds says one of them is going to be the 5th seed.

Regardless of what happened 13 years ago, I have not seen anything in this 2023 Saints team that tells me they can beat the 2023 Eagles or the 2023 Cowboys. But I can see either the Eagles or the Cowboys coming into the Dome and embarrassing the Saints on national TV. And frankly, the way things are, I rather the Saints not go to the playoffs by virtue of being the best team in the worst division, and then get embarrassed at home on national TV.