New Orleans Saints 2026 Travel Schedule

New Orleans Saints travel miles 2026 by week

Home: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans. Miles are round trips from home. Body clock shows the kickoff in New Orleans time, so you can see how early or late the game feels to the Saints.

Miles (round trip):

21,980

Short weeks (under 7 days rest):

1

Early kickoffs (before 11 a.m. body clock):

1

Longest road trip (games):

2

Longest home gap (days):

21

Time zones crossed:

13

International games:

1

New Orleans Saints short weeks 2026

• Week 5, vs Minnesota Vikings: 6 days after the previous game.

How NFL travel miles are calculated

Each road game counts as its own round trip from the team’s home stadium, even when a team plays consecutive road games. Home games count zero. Neutral-site and international games are measured from home. MockSlate measures each trip from Caesars Superdome as the crow flies, rounded to ten miles. All 32 teams ranked →

New Orleans Saints rest advantage 2026 by week

Since 2002, home teams win 56% of games with even rest. With a rest edge of three days or more that rises to 58%. On the short side of three days or more it drops to 53%.

A positive number means New Orleans has more rest than its opponent; a negative number means the opponent has more rest. Week 1 has no comparison because neither team has played yet. Thursday games are often even because both teams are coming off the same short week.

New Orleans has a net rest disadvantage of 7 days across the 2026 schedule, ranking 28th in the league.

New Orleans Saints games off a bye 2026

• Week 9, vs Cleveland Browns: 14 days of rest against the opponent’s 7, an edge of +7.

NFL win rate by rest advantage since 2002

Here’s how NFL teams have actually performed with different amounts of rest since 2002. The table groups games by how many more, or fewer, rest days the home team had than its opponent. The Even line is the normal home-field baseline.

Sample: 5,838 regular-season games from 2002 to 2025 where rest could be calculated for both teams. Week 1 is excluded.

New Orleans Saints hardest stretch of the 2026 schedule

The Saints’ hardest three-game stretch is Weeks 11 to 13: @CHI, @CIN, GB, at an average model win chance of 34.7%, 9th hardest three-game run in the league. The ranking uses MockSlate’s projected win chances, which already account for home field and rest.

Remaining schedule: opponents .493, 20th hardest by record; favored in 4 of 10.

Playoff picture: alive, magic number 13 for the division.

Who Saints fans should root for this week →

The Saints’ record in cold and hot weather since 1999 →

These are MockSlate model numbers, not sportsbook lines. All 32 teams ranked by hardest stretch →

New Orleans Saints primetime games 2026 and since 2002

The Saints have 1 primetime game in 2026, tied for 26th most in the league, and have averaged 3.2 per season since 2002. That is the most since 2024, when they had 3. Their primetime record since 2002 is 42-34 (55.3%). Week 18's game time has not been announced yet.

Which Saints games can still be flexed →

Windows: Thursday night, Sunday night, Monday night, and other night windows (the opener, holiday nights, Saturday night). Lines are MockSlate model numbers from the current ratings snapshot, not sportsbook lines. All 32 teams by primetime games → Every Saints primetime and holiday game since 1966 →