Saints to Open Season at Falcons

The Saints will be on the road in Week 1 to take on a familiar NFC South foe.

John Hendrix | May 12, 2022

The NFL Schedule won't be officially released until 7 p.m. CT tonight, but we have already got some leaks for the Saints. According to NewOrleans.Football's Nick Underhill, New Orleans will open the season on the road against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1. In fact, he's leaked a lot of the team's schedule. You can catch up with all of that in our tracker.

The league kicks off their season on Thursday, Sep. 8, and the slew of Sunday action starts on Sep. 11. That'll be when these two NFC South rivals play in a rematch of last season's regular season finale which saw the Saints dominate but come up short in their bid for the postseason.

It's about as exciting as it gets for New Orleans, as this will be the third time since 2013 that these two open the season against each other.

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Published May 12, 2022

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net