{"id":711073,"date":"2026-01-28T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/711073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:44:47","slug":"will-the-saints-be-chosen-for-hard-knocks-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/711073\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Saints be chosen for Hard Knocks this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Every offseason, one thing scares every team in the league. No, it\u2019s not losing your best player to injury or an important player not wanting to return in free agency; it\u2019s Hard Knocks. This year, 16 teams are eligible for the show, and the New Orleans Saints are among <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NerdingonNFL\/status\/2015878359759089746?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Teams dread this outcome because it\u2019s a distraction. No franchise or staff wants their \u201cpersonal space\u201d (AKA anything that happens behind closed doors) exposed to other teams. Look at what happened to the New York Giants in the 2024 offseason. This was the offseason that RB Saquon Barkley left, and that entire process was recorded. Also, GM Joe Schoen was heavily scrutinized after the episodes were released. Running that risk is scary for teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Looking at the list, the Kansas City Chiefs are the ones that make the most sense for the NFL to capitalize on, so the Saints may escape Hard Knocks once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every offseason, one thing scares every team in the league. No, it\u2019s not losing your best player to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,401,30696,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-711073","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-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints-training-camp","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115971851808393870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711073","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=711073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}