NFL · 2026
New Orleans Saints3rd NFC South - .250 pct vSun 27 Dec, 1:00 PM EST Arizona Cardinals4th NFC West - .250 pct
Match resultNew Orleans 60%Tie <1%Arizona 40%
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 2% 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 7 points in the Playoffs race.
New Orleans Saints
Playoffs21%
Division15%
Arizona Cardinals
Playoffs10%
Division2%
New Orleans winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%12%▼ -9Arizona Cardinals10%2%▼ -8
TiePlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%11%▼ -10Arizona Cardinals10%4%▼ -6
Arizona winPlayoffsNew Orleans Saints21%5%▼ -16Arizona Cardinals10%5%▼ -5
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-3New OrleansDivision15%1-3-0.2501NFC West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
149ersDivision51%4-0-01.000-2SeattleDivision32%3-1-0.75014ArizonaDivision2%1-3-0.2503The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50014New OrleansPlayoffs21%1-3-0.25015ArizonaPlayoffs10%1-3-0.250