Buccaneers: Full season predictions for NFC South
By James Yarcho
New Orleans Saints
September 11 (Monday Night) – @ Minnesota Vikings – L 24-20
September 17 – vs. New England Patriots – L 27-21
September 24 – @ Carolina Panthers – W 30-24
October 1 – vs Miami Dolphins – W 31-20
October 15 – vs. Detroit Lions – L 34-31
October 22 – @ Green Bay Packers – L 38-30
October 29 – vs. Chicago Bears – W 37-17
November 5 – vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – W 34-27
November 12 – @ Buffalo Bills – W 27-20
November 19 – vs. Washington Redskins – W 33-24
November 26 – @ Los Angeles Rams – W 28-17
December 3 – vs. Carolina Panthers – W 27-24 OT
December 7 (Thursday Night Football) – @ Atlanta Falcons – L 34-30
December 17 – vs. New York Jets – W 37-10
December 24 – vs. Atlanta Falcons – W 35-34
December 31 – @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – L 38-30
Final Record – 10-6
The New Orleans Saints may have lost Brandin Cooks, but the emergence of Michael Thomas won’t allow Saints fans to miss Cooks too much or for too long. They added Adrian Peterson and Tedd Ginn Jr. on offense, which will just give Drew Brees more options to sling the ball to.
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The defense still leaves a lot to be desired, but Brees shouldn’t have much trouble outscoring half the teams on the Saints’ favorable schedule without having to rely too heavily on the defense. New Orleans gets off to a rocky start, but they string together eight wins over their last ten games as one of the hottest teams in football and putting themselves in position to make the postseason with the division title still up for grabs in the final week of the season.