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Game Notes: Atlanta Falcons 19, New Orleans Saints 17 | 2025 NFL Week 18<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Jordan and Chase Young tallied 10+ sacks on the season, the first time since 2013 the Saints have two players with double-digit sacks. SEE MORE>><\/a><\/p>\n New Orleans Saints fall short in season finale against Atlanta<\/a><\/p>\n For the first time in more than a month, the New Orleans Saints couldn’t outmaneuver the math. The mixture of a lost fumble, punt blocked, missed 56-yard field goal attempt, an interception and an offensive pass interference penalty in the end zone to negate a touchdown \u2014 stirred in with a lengthy list of missing offensive players \u2014 provided more hurdles than the Saints could clear in a 19-17 loss to the Falcons in the season finale at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. SEE MORE>><\/a><\/p>\n **New Orleans Saints to pick eighth in 2026 NFL Draft**<\/a><\/p>\n The New Orleans Saints finished the 2025 season at 6-11, in fourth place in the NFC South. That gives them the eighth pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, which will be held April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. The Atlanta Falcons do not have a first round selection. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers’ spot has not been determined. SEE MORE>><\/a><\/p>\n 2026 opponents set for New Orleans Saints<\/a><\/p>\n With the New Orleans Saints finishing fourth in the NFC South at 6-11, the team’s opponents for the 2026 season have been set: SEE MORE>><\/a><\/p>\n Game Recap: Atlanta Falcons 19, New Orleans Saints 17 | 2025 NFL Week 18<\/a><\/p>\n Despite an outstanding effort from the defense and a stirring comeback from the offense, the New Orleans Saints fell to the Atlanta Falcons 19-17 in the season finale on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Saints ended their first season under Coach Kellen Moore with a 6-11 record. SEE MORE>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saints News from NewOrleansSaints.com Game Notes: Atlanta Falcons 19, New Orleans Saints 17 | 2025 NFL Week 18…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656152,"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-656151","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\/115843105059517988","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656151","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=656151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}