{"id":30688,"date":"2025-05-07T09:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/30688\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:40:14","slug":"how-saints-strength-of-schedule-ranks-among-all-32-nfl-teams-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/30688\/","title":{"rendered":"How Saints strength of schedule ranks among all 32 NFL teams this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NFL season is growing ever closer by the day, and with that, the New Orleans Saints<\/a> will once again have a chance to prove that going in the direction of being competitive is the right choice. While it ultimately may not be the right call, they will stick to it, and it will be intriguing to see if they are able to prove the doubters wrong or if they end up picking highly again come 2026.<\/p>\n

One of the things that will make their path easier is the fact that they have been getting easier strength of schedule each season, both because the NFC South is not particularly good, but also because they have been bad and will, in turn, get easier opponents sometimes. This will be the case in 2025, as the strength of schedule has been calculated again this year, but in a different manner, focusing on projected win totals rather than 2024 win totals.<\/p>\n

This factors in major changes to teams and general consensus, rather than just looking back at their past season, which hypothetically gives more insight. With Warren Sharp<\/a> calculating it this year, here is how each team ranks, from easiest schedule to hardest:<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, Carolina Panthers<\/a>, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears<\/a>, Houston Texans<\/a>, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>, Cleveland Browns<\/a>, New York Giants<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Las Vegas Raiders, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

3. New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Arizona Cardinals,\u00a0New England Patriots, New York Jets<\/a>, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills<\/a>, Miami Dolphins<\/a>, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

4. Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Commanders<\/a>, Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

6. Jacksonville Jaguars<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos<\/a>, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n

7. Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

9. Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Commanders, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans, Detroit Lions<\/a><\/p>\n

11. Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

12. Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

13. Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

14. Denver Broncos<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, New York Jets<\/p>\n

15. Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: \u00a0Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

16. New York Jets<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/p>\n

17. Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos<\/p>\n

18. Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

19. Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n

20. Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

21. Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Houston Texans,\u2008Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

22. Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, New York Jets, Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

23. Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n

24. Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

25. Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: \u00a0Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

26. Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

27. Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

28. Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n

29. Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n

30. Detroit Lions<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

31. Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n

32. New York Giants<\/p>\n

Non-divisional opponents: Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NFL season is growing ever closer by the day, and with that, the New Orleans Saints…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[220,247,265,240,223,254,184,117,210,374,228,215,232,86,211,214,53,235,260,241,692,391,227,256,85,54,427,230,229,257,231,258,146,113,217,207,224,7,219,519,27,345,221,253,212,125,213,226,147,1184,239,262,216,251,233,259,248,267,206,249,55,56,255,88,6,676,245,537,428,236,208,530,169,397,218,252,818,238,237,261,1602,2517,817,829,9,266,819,209,250,222,776,234,855,111,225],"class_list":{"0":"post-30688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-angeles","12":"tag-atlanta","13":"tag-atlanta-falcons","14":"tag-baltimore","15":"tag-baltimore-ravens","16":"tag-bay","17":"tag-bears","18":"tag-bengals","19":"tag-bills","20":"tag-broncos","21":"tag-browns","22":"tag-buccaneers","23":"tag-buffalo","24":"tag-buffalo-bills","25":"tag-carolina","26":"tag-carolina-panthers","27":"tag-chargers","28":"tag-chicago","29":"tag-chicago-bears","30":"tag-cincinnati","31":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","32":"tag-cleveland","33":"tag-cleveland-browns","34":"tag-commanders","35":"tag-cowboys","36":"tag-dallas","37":"tag-dallas-cowboys","38":"tag-denver","39":"tag-denver-broncos","40":"tag-detroit","41":"tag-detroit-lions","42":"tag-dolphins","43":"tag-england","44":"tag-falcons","45":"tag-football","46":"tag-francisco","47":"tag-giants","48":"tag-green","49":"tag-green-bay-packers","50":"tag-houston","51":"tag-houston-texans","52":"tag-jacksonville","53":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","54":"tag-jaguars","55":"tag-jets","56":"tag-lions","57":"tag-listicle","58":"tag-los","59":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","60":"tag-miami","61":"tag-miami-dolphins","62":"tag-minnesota","63":"tag-minnesota-vikings","64":"tag-national","65":"tag-national-sports","66":"tag-new","67":"tag-new-england-patriots","68":"tag-new-orleans-saints","69":"tag-new-york-giants","70":"tag-new-york-jets","71":"tag-news","72":"tag-nfl","73":"tag-orleans","74":"tag-overall","75":"tag-overall-positive","76":"tag-packers","77":"tag-panthers","78":"tag-patriots","79":"tag-positive","80":"tag-ravens","81":"tag-saints","82":"tag-san","83":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","84":"tag-scores","85":"tag-seahawks","86":"tag-seattle","87":"tag-seattle-seahawks","88":"tag-smg","89":"tag-smg-listicle","90":"tag-sport","91":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","92":"tag-sports","93":"tag-sports-news","94":"tag-statistics","95":"tag-tampa","96":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","97":"tag-texans","98":"tag-u0026","99":"tag-vikings","100":"tag-washington","101":"tag-washington-commanders","102":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}