Magic Number.
NFL · 2026

New Orleans Saints3rd NFC South - .250 pct vSun 8 Nov, 1:00 PM EST Cleveland Browns1st AFC North - .750 pct

Match resultNew Orleans 44%Tie <1%Cleveland 55%

What this game means

The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.

At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 7% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.

The result is worth up to 19 points in the Playoffs race.

New Orleans Saints
Playoffs21%
Division15%
Cleveland Browns
Playoffs63%
Division34%
Conferenceseason odds7%
Super Bowlseason odds3%
Byeseason odds9%
New Orleans winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%13%▼ -8Cleveland Browns63%57%▼ -6
TiePlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%12%▼ -9Cleveland Browns63%72%▲ +9
Cleveland winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%6%▼ -15Cleveland Browns63%76%▲ +13

The race they're in

Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.

AFC North · winner qualifies direct

DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1ClevelandDivision34%3-1-0.750-2BaltimoreDivision32%3-1-0.750-3PittsburghDivision19%2-2-0.5001

NFC South · winner qualifies direct

DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.2501

The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
5ClevelandPlayoffs63%3-1-0.7507New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.500

The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50014New OrleansPlayoffs21%1-3-0.250