New Orleans Saints — 2026 season outlook, updated Oct 14, 2026.
New Orleans Saints finished the 2026 season 1-4.
New Orleans Saints: 6-11 regular season.
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By the numbers — 2026
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Saints 13, Vikings 23 — Week 5: 96 Passing Yards, Two Murphy Picks
New Orleans lost 23-13 at home to Minnesota after Tyler Shough threw for 96 yards and two interceptions to Byron Murphy, with Minnesota sending five or more rushers on 57.7% of his dropbacks; the defense forced two fumbles and Jonas Sanker returned one 87 yards for the Saints' last points.
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- Camp · Sep 3, 2026
Saints Camp — Sep 3: Two Auburn Linemen Off Waivers
The Saints held the eighth waiver priority and used it twice Monday — tackle Mason Murphy from Chicago and defensive tackle Colby Wooden from Indianapolis, both Auburn products, into an offensive line and a defensive interior each thinned by a season-length injury. The plan we passed along to bring Terrell Burgess back on the practice squad did not happen: he signed with Tennessee's active roster. Cesar Ruiz and Quincy Riley returned to practice Tuesday; Lorenzo Styles Jr. went to injured reserve.
- Camp · Aug 31, 2026
Saints Camp — Aug 31: Trade Interest in Rattler
The Saints received trade interest in Spencer Rattler, per Jeremy Fowler's reporting, and kept him — alongside Zach Wilson and Tyler Shough, three quarterbacks on the initial 53. Daniel Carlson won the kicking job with a 53-yard game-winner in his only preseason appearance, Jordyn Tyson went to injured reserve with a designation to return, and Alvin Kamara stayed on the roster — a mechanics decision, not a practice report.
- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Saints Camp — Aug 23: Kamara Out About a Month
Alvin Kamara sprained his knee at a brawl-filled joint practice in Oxnard and is out about a month, days after rookie receiver Jordyn Tyson's hamstring timeline came back at two months. In between, Tyler Shough went 14 of 22 against the Rams, rookie Bryce Lance caught two more touchdowns from him, and the backups lost 34 to nothing in Los Angeles.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
New Orleans Saints Camp Update — August 16: Shough's Four Scores, Radunz's Torn ACL
Tyler Shough went 25-of-34 with four touchdowns against Jacksonville's joint-practice defense, the best external evidence of his summer. The same week took back more than it gave: Jordyn Tyson's hamstring could linger into the regular season, Dillon Radunz tore his ACL, and Cam Jordan is nursing a hamstring of his own.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
New Orleans Saints Camp Update — August 9: Jordyn Tyson Is Moving Outside
The eighth overall pick spent camp being built up in the slot, started catching everything, and Kellen Moore says the outside reps are coming. Tyler Shough's file is adding good days without settling anything — and today's practice cost the Saints a guard and a safety.
- 2026 Preview
New Orleans Saints 2026 Season Preview — The Story vs. the Receipts
New Orleans is the offseason's favorite riser — worst-to-first lists, second-choice division odds, a two-win improvement already priced — and the one thing the hype doesn't quote is the quarterback's charting file.
- Season Review
6-11 regular season
- Draft Recap
8 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
- Week 4
Saints 24, Falcons 45 — Week 4: Heavier Box, Longer Runs
New Orleans lost 45-24 at home to Atlanta on Monday night after putting seven or more in the box on 21 of 33 designed runs and giving up 157 yards on them; the Falcons ran for 207 yards and five touchdowns, and Tyler Shough threw 48 times for 286 yards with 62.5% of his throws charted catchable.
- Week 3
Saints 27, Raiders 35 — Week 3: Four Turnovers in the Fourth
New Orleans lost 35-27 at home to Las Vegas after leading 27-16 late in the third quarter, turning the ball over on each of its last four possessions, all in the fourth quarter.
- Week 2
Saints 24, Ravens 17 — Week 2: Two Fourth and Ones to Win It
New Orleans won 24-17 at Baltimore after trailing until 1:32 remained, converting 5 of 8 third downs that needed seven yards or more, two fourth-and-ones on a 16-play go-ahead drive, and finishing with no turnovers a week after losing three.
- Week 1
Saints 30, Lions 31 — Week 1: 325 Yards After Halftime, One Yard Short at the End
New Orleans trailed twenty-one to nothing in the third quarter at Ford Field, threw for three hundred twenty-five yards after halftime, forced overtime with Tyler Shough's nine-yard touchdown to Juwan Johnson with one thirteen left, and lost thirty-one to thirty when Shough's two-point pass to Bryce Lance fell incomplete. Four hundred ten passing yards, five sacks, two interceptions, and a sixty-two-yard field goal that was wide right at the end of regulation.
- Week 3 · What Repeats
Saints, Week 3 — What Repeats: Light Boxes, Four Yards a Run
A week after this show's notebook read lighter boxes, fewer yards, the Raiders showed six or fewer on 22 of New Orleans' 27 designed runs, the third-lightest share in the league, and the Saints gained 112 yards, 4.1 a run, their best of three weeks, while Tyler Shough's contested-throw rate fell from 20% and 18% in the first two weeks to 5% and both sacks he took were charted his fault.
- Week 2 · What Repeats
Saints, Week 2 — What Repeats: Light Boxes, Two Yards a Run
Baltimore showed six or fewer in the box on 21 of New Orleans' 24 designed runs — seven in eight, the most of any defense in Week 2, against 59% across 2025 — and the runs went for 54 yards, while Tyler Shough's contested-throw rate stayed well above his 2025 figure for a second week and 28 of his 34 throws were catchable, fifth in the league.
- Week 1 · What Repeats
Saints, Week 1 — What Repeats: Contested on One Throw in Five
The charting from Detroit says 12 of Tyler Shough's 57 charted throws were contested — 21%, double his 10% across 2025 — against a Lions defense that sent five or more rushers on 35% of dropbacks, with none of the five sacks charted as his fault. The scheme was 2025's scheme on more snaps: motion 49.5% (49.7% last year), no-huddle 22% (22.5%), while the defense sent an extra rusher on 15% of dropbacks against 32% last season.
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