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At long last, the 2017 New Orleans Saints schedule is here! The NFL will officially release later this evening, but thanks to good intel, the schedule was discovered way in advance. All times are central.
2017 Regular Season Schedule
- Week 1 (9/11 at 6:10 p.m.): at Minnesota Vikings (Monday Night Football)
- Week 2 (9/17 at 12 p.m.): New England Patriots
- Week 3 (9/24 at 12 p.m.): at Carolina Panthers
- Week 4 (10/1 at 8:30 a.m.): at Miami Dolphins (London)
- Week 5 (10/8): BYE WEEK
- Week 6 (10/15 at 12 p.m.): Detroit Lions
- Week 7 (10/22 at 12 p.m.): at Green Bay Packers
- Week 8 (10/29): Chicago Bears
- Week 9 (11/5 at 12 p.m.): Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Week 10 (11/12 at 12 p.m.): at Buffalo Bills
- Week 11 (11/19 at 12 p.m.): Washington Redskins
- Week 12 (11/26 at 3:05 p.m.): at Los Angeles Rams
- Week 13 (12/3 at 12 p.m.): Carolina Panthers
- Week 14 (12/7 at 7:25 p.m.): at Atlanta Falcons (Thursday Night Football)
- Week 15 (12/17 at 12 p.m.): New York Jets
- Week 16 (12/24 at 12 p.m.): Atlanta Falcons
- Week 17 (12/31 at 12 p.m.): at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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The Saints will have primetime showdowns with the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons, and I suppose the Week 4 battle across the pond against the Miami Dolphins counts.
The Saints have a strength of schedule of .510 entering the season, which is good for 15th in the league.
2017 Preseason Schedule
- Week 1 (Aug. 10 at 7:00 p.m.): at Cleveland Browns
- Week 2 (Aug. 17-21): at Los Angeles Chargers
- Week 3 (Aug. 26 at 7:00 p.m.): vs. Houston Texans
- Week 4 (Aug. 31 at 7:00 p.m.): vs. Baltimore Ravens