New Orleans Saints
The Carolina Panthers host the Los Angeles Rams in the first of two Wild Card playoff games today. Carolina enters this game having backed into the NFC South title, while Los Angeles dropped from first in the NFC to fifth, by losing two of their last three games. This is a rematch of one of the most surprising upsets of the season, when Carolina upset the Rams at home in Week 13. This matchup could provide a great start to start the 2026 NFL Playoffs!
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The NFL playoffs are here and this weekend, there are 6 games being played today through Monday between the Rams vs. Panthers and Packers vs. Bears (today), Bills vs. Jaguars, 49ers vs. Eagles, Chargers vs. Patriots (tomorrow) and Texans vs. Steelers on Monday. The Broncos and Seahawks, who are the #1 seeds in each conference earned first round byes.
So, let’s jump right in and take a look at some of the Canal Street Chronicles staff’s predictions for Wild Card Weekend.
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With the 2025 NFL regular season now come and gone, and playoffs will be ramping up soon for those teams fortunate enough to clinch spots in the postseason. However, for those teams and players that have since wrapped up play for this year, another season has passed, and the rookies’ inaugural time in the league is complete. Let’s take a look at how the New Orleans Saints’ most recent draft class performed in their rookie year.
Kelvin Banks Jr.- Round 1, Pick 9- OT, Texas
The Saints’ first selection of the draft last offseason proved to be a valuable and...
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Where did the Saints end up after an excellent month of December?
Could Rizzi be headed back home to New Jersey?
A free agent preview for New Orleans.
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The #1 Indiana Hoosiers (14-0) face the #5 Oregon Ducks (13-1) in the CFP semifinals. The winner moves on to the 2026 CFP National Championship Game in Miami on January 19th. These two universities have been near the top of their conference for two years now, and they should have a fantastic game in this one!
#5 Oregon Ducks vs #1 Indiana Hoosiers
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, Georgia
Game Time: 4:30pm PST / 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm EST
Network: ESPN
Odds – Indiana -3.5, O/U 48.5
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The 2025 New Orleans Saints season is over and while some teams are looking toward the playoffs, the Saints are already looking to build upon the momentum they had at the end of the season even finishing 6-11. In a rebuild year, they have started to build a pretty solid foundation with Kellen Moore, who seemed to find his franchise quarterback and potential offensive rookie of the year Tyler Shough in the 2nd round of last year’s draft and also in Brandon Staley, who completely turned the defense around this season led by a rejuvenated Chase Young, Demario Davis and...
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The 2026 NFL Playoffs are upon us, and unfortunately, the New Orleans Saints are once again not among this year’s playoff field. Even without the Saints in the playoffs this year, there are quite a few players to root for, and teams to root against. We certainly have some interesting matchups this weekend, so let’s take a look at each game as well as which teams will be moving on to the Divisional Round next weekend.
Last week I went 7-9
I told you so: Vikings over Packers!
What do I know: Panthers over Bucs?
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“The Saints became far more competitive down the stretch in Kellen Moore’s first season, showing tangible growth with the move to QB Tyler Shough and finishing the campaign as a surprisingly effective team on defense. The four-game win streak was snapped by Week 18’s loss to Atlanta, one that highlighted some real issues on special teams. The Saints won’t compete for the playoffs next season unless they make major fixes to that element of the operation, and there are some aging veterans and long-time fixtures on each side of the ball whose futures remain...
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Fourth-year New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave is coming off a career season, logging 100 receptions for 1,163 yards and 9 touchdowns. Olave started the year off slowly. While getting plenty of targets, he failed to reach 100 receiving yards in a game until Week 10, and the big plays were missing from his game.
It wasn’t until the New Orleans Saints decided to move on from standout wide receiver Rashid Shaheed and start rookie quarterback Tyler Shough that we saw Olave become the receiver we knew him to be. Since Week 10, the former first-round pick has brought...
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The 2025 NFL season didn’t go how we expected for the New Orleans Saints… kinda. We knew that New Orleans was going to be one of the bottom teams in terms of wins, but you won’t find a happier 6-win team. The Saints aren’t happy because they won six games, not in the slightest, but an emergence of a potential coach of the future, franchise quarterback, and a homerun draft class, the black and gold may be set up to compete, maybe even starting in 2026.
In what was known to be a down season for the Saints, many players...
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Some great quotes to remember going into the 2026 offseason.
Unfortunate news around a former star defender for the Saints.
One of the Saints’ top needs this offseason and a potential option at #8.
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The #6 Ole Miss Rebels (13-1) face the #10 Miami Hurricanes (12-2) in the CFP semifinals. The winner moves on to the 2026 CFP National Championship Game in Miami on January 19th. These are two of the more surprising teams this season, and this should make for a fantastic matchup!
#10 Miami Hurricanes vs #6 Ole Miss Rebels
Location: State Farm Stadium – Glendale, Arizona
Game Time: 4:30pm PST / 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm EST
Network: ESPN
Odds – Miami -3.5, O/U 52.5
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