John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.com
The New Orleans Saints’ reward for winning the NFC South Division and earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC last season is a brutal, marquee opening month for the 2019 regular season.
But don’t let the top-heavy look deceive; the back half of the schedule is loaded with games that could determine the NFC South champion.
New Orleans, winner of two consecutive NFC South titles and coming off an appearance in the NFC Championship Game – a contest with an ending so controversial that it sparked a change in the NFL’s instant replay system – will face four division winners from 2018 (three in the first four weeks) and play two nationally televised games in September.
Prime time begins immediately for the Saints (13-3 last season), with a Monday night home opener Sept. 9 against AFC South champion Houston in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. That will be followed by consecutive road games against the Los Angeles Rams (a short-week, Sept. 15 engagement against the NFC West champs) and Seahawks (Sept. 22), then a Sunday night home game against the NFC East champion Cowboys (Sept. 29).
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