New Orleans Saints
2026 NFL Team Field Manual
- Points for
- 306
- Points against
- 383
- Best 2025 rank
- 12th of 32
- 2025 REG, 32-team rank
- Defense weekly grade
- 64.6
- 2025 REG, 17 team-game average
- 2026 preseason sample
- 2 of 3 games
- 2026 PRE completed sample
- 2026 bye
- Week 8
- Committed 2026 schedule
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9 home · 7 away · 1 time TBD
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Updated Tue, Aug 11, 10:09 PM EDTNew Orleans Saints Survivor matchup case
Team-only tendencies and league ranks for the current opponent, with the case for both sides kept visible.
Why New Orleans can win
Best 2025 team-offense ranks in this evidence set.
- Receiving efficiency#24 of 32
- Rushing success#25 of 32
- Stuff avoidance#30 of 32
Weakest of the four tracked coverage ranks on the other side: #23 of 32.
How Detroit can win
Best 2025 team-offense ranks on the other side.
- Receiving efficiency#3 of 32
- Rushing after contact#9 of 32
Weakest of the four tracked coverage ranks on the other side: #15 of 32.
New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions
- New Orleans neutral offense
- Pass-heavy #4 of 32
- Detroit neutral offense
- Balanced #18 of 32
- New Orleans coverage
- Mixed coverage · Single-high
- Detroit coverage
- Man-heavy · Single-high
Scheme Score uses 2025 team-only ranks and broad tendency categories. This is descriptive matchup context, not a current-season forecast or pick.
Team report
New Orleans Saints finished 6-11 in 2025, with coverage the strongest complete weekly-grade rank and rushing the weakest.
Passing-led 2025 offense
The strongest complete 2025 offense marker was passing, ranked 14th of 32. The largest 2025 passing target zone was short center, with 142 of 552 mapped receiver targets (25.7%).
Coverage-led 2025 defense
The strongest complete 2025 defense marker was coverage, ranked 12th of 32.
Coverage: 12 of 32
The complete 2025 weekly-grade profile has no metric ranked inside the top eight.
What measured weakest
The lowest complete 2025 rushing weekly grade ranked 31st of 32 at 62.5.
2025 traits and 2026 preseason pulse
Team-game grades and a 12-zone passing target map, plus a separately labeled 2026 preseason sample.
Measured history with a separate preseason pulse
The 2025 values are arithmetic averages of finite weekly team grades, not official PFF season grades and not 2026 forecasts.
- Provider
- PFF
- Imported
- 2026-08-27
- Rights
- Owner confirmed publication rights
Grade fingerprint
League ranks use the complete 17-game sample across all 32 teams.
| Metric | Average | Rank | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | 65.0 | 25 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Defense | 64.6 | 13 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Passing | 66.5 | 14 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Rushing | 62.5 | 31 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Pass blocking | 63.3 | 19 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Run blocking | 55.4 | 31 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Pass rush | 63.1 | 22 of 32 | 17 team games |
| Coverage | 62.0 | 12 of 32 | 17 team games |
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- +7
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- -7
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Methodology and data boundary
2025 REG is historical measured evidence. Average weekly grades are arithmetic means of finite team-game grades and are not official PFF season grades. 2026 PRE is a separate partial sample, and future preseason rows are excluded from performance. The passing attack map sums 2025 receiver targets into 12 PFF depth-and-direction zones from the offense perspective; it measures concentration, not efficiency. Scheme Score adds 2025 team-only tendencies and league ranks as descriptive matchup context, not a forecast or pick. The 2026 schedule comes from the committed NFL schedule snapshot. Current roster, injuries, and projections are unavailable until a future provider snapshot is integrated. Source: PFF, NFL Full Team Reports; Scheme Score public team profile; National Football League 2026 schedule snapshot.
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