{"id":645785,"date":"2026-01-01T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/645785\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:21:11","slug":"saints-prepare-for-final-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/645785\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints prepare for final matchup\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was one big stat that separated the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons the last time they met: Atlanta cashed in on its scoring opportunities, and New Orleans did not. The Saints went 0-for-3 in the red zone against the Falcons. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/tyler-shough-is-powering-a-suddenly-good-red-zone-offense\/article_31e7579e-462c-4fc8-acf0-c9816f959b89.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Saints have made huge strides in an important area after their last game vs Atlanta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NFC South is still up for grabs heading into the final week of the season, and while the New Orleans Saints can&#8217;t win the division, they can certainly affect it. The Saints can finish as high as second in the division, though also have scenarios in which they could end up third or fourth. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-nfc-south-scenarios-up-for-grabs\/article_79b4d719-4f94-4a18-97cd-a58978cf161a.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Saints can finish anywhere from second to fourth in the NFC South. Here&#039;s how.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints held a light walkthrough in the wake of a normal practice Wednesday, but still had a number of players missing from the session. The Saints&#8217; injury report included 10 players listed as &#8220;DNPs&#8221; \u2014 including wide receiver Chris Olave and running back Alvin Kamara. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-injury-report-chris-olave-sick\/article_fb5812c9-d2a4-4b53-b8f8-42e39984e8cd.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"10 Saints miss practice Wednesday, including a sick wide receiver and Alvin Kamara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For all he knows, this could be Cam Jordan&#8217;s final time playing his most hated rival as a member of the New Orleans Saints. The Saints, who were eliminated from playoff contention way back in November, will play their final game of the 2025 season Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/some-players-could-be-suiting-up-for-their-final-saints-game\/article_1d3f7463-0925-42bf-9152-c529a1d09941.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"These players could be suiting up in a Saints uniform for the final time this week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was one big stat that separated the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons the last time they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,81,2003,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-645785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115820526605342032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645785","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=645785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}