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By James Parks | 247 Sports In 2018, the Saints finished with the best record in football despite playing a challenging schedule, but in 2019, it appears the NFC South champions will forge a somewhat easier path. The New Orleans Saints will go into the 2019 season facing what is the 22nd most...

(Photo: Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports) By James Parks | 247 Sports The New Orleans Saints have some pressing business to get to. A few prominent players are entering the offseason as free agents, including the likes of running back Mark Ingram and reserve quarterback Teddy Bridgewater...

247 Sports By James Parks | 247 Sports For much of the season, the New Orleans Saints enjoyed good health. Every position group was playing at peak performance and peak health in the early and middle portion of the 2018 campaign, but there were still a few notable concerns. The team’s...

By James Parks | 247 Sports While fans are still upset over that missed call, the Saints franchise is preparing for the offseason. Thanks in part to a no call on a clear pass interference call in the NFC Championship Game, the New Orleans Saints did not play in Super Bowl LIII, but instead got...

By James Parks | 247 Sports It looks like we’ll see a rematch of one of the conference championship games to start the NFL’s 100th regular season, regardless of who wins Super Bowl LIII on Sunday. Should the Los Angeles Rams win the game, they could host the New Orleans Saints, and if the New...

Link to Kamara interview By James Parks | 247 Sports While for most of the country, and especially in New England and southern California, Super Bowl Sunday is a time for celebration, for the folks in New Orleans, it just reminds them how angry they are. NFL officials missed a clear pass...

By James Parks | 247 Sports New Orleans has a reputation for making it loud for visiting football teams. Last week, when the hometown Saints hosted the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Divisional Round game, members of the media said the press box was shaking during the game. Not that Los...

Photo - Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports By James Parks | 247 Sports Saints fans haven’t seen Patrick Robinson on the field since he injured his ankle in the team’s second game of the season, a road victory over the Atlanta Falcons. But the veteran cornerback says he’s on a path to recovery...

By James Parks | 247 Sports Sunday finds two teams looking ahead to making a run in the NFL playoffs, but each with a little unsettled business to take care of in the penultimate regular season game. The New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers will square off in an inter-conference matchup...

By James Parks | 247 Sports Eli Apple’s former team is out of playoff contention while his current team is favored to win Super Bowl LIII, and one of the cornerback’s new teammates is very happy about it. After the New Orleans Saints’ win over Carolina on Monday night, wide receiver Michael...

By James Parks | 247 Sports As expected, the New Orleans Saints will be well represented in the Pro Bowl. But, as the players, and the players of every team in the league, will tell you, they would much rather be preparing for the Super Bowl at this time of year. Luckily the Saints are...

By James Parks | 247 Sports Demario Davis will be a little poorer as a result of his hit in last Sunday’s game. Over the weekend, the National Football League fined the New Orleans Saints linebacker a total of $26,739 for unnecessary roughness relating to one of his hits in the team’s Week 14...

By James Parks | 247 Sports It’s official: the New Orleans Saints are back in the playoffs. On Sunday, the reigning NFC South champions announced themselves as current NFC South champions after downing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their Week 14 game that saw them produce a huge comeback. With...

Dez Bryant - NOLA.com photo By James Parks | 247 Sports The New Orleans Saints aren’t thinking about what business they’ll have to do this offseason in terms of signing new and existing players, what with the success they’re enjoying on the field this season here and now. After a recent 10...

By James Parks | 247 Sports The past few days have not been kind to the Saints’ playoff hopes. Surely, the reigning NFC South champions are still regarded as the elite of the National Football League, at 10-2 overall, and still a favorite to win both the league’s MVP Award for quarterback Drew...

By James Parks | 247 Sports Drew Brees has already built upon what was the most efficient passing effort in NFL history, in a 2018 season that finds him the favorite to win the MVP Award and his Saints the odds on choice to win Super Bowl LIII. The 39 year old has made history yet again this...

By James Parks | 247 Sports The Saints come into Week 14 looking to re-start their winning ways. They went into Jerry World riding a 10 game win streak, but after running into the twin combination of Ezekiel Elliott on the ground and a stout front seven defense, Drew Brees and company loss...

(Photo: Daniel Shirey, Getty) By James Parks | 247 Sports This one wasn’t even close. Coming into the Superdome as the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles were demolished at the hands of the New Orleans Saints, who overpowered the Birds in what became their ninth straight...

By James Parks | 247 Sports This one wasn’t even close. Coming into the Superdome as the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles were demolished at the hands of the New Orleans Saints, who overpowered the Birds in what became their ninth straight victory of the season on Sunday...

By James Parks | 247 Sports The New Orleans Saints’ first game was against the Los Angeles Rams. On Sunday, the New Orleans Saints’ latest game will be played against the same team. The National Football League’s Week 9 action will feature the two best teams in the NFC in action against each...