A lot can change between now and the start of the 2022 NFL regular season, but Las Vegas waits on no one. Projected win totals are already live and bets are flowing in on how many games the New Orleans Saints will win this year. At time of posting, the Saints had a projected win total of 7.8 — an even further step back from their 9-win campaign in 2021, which was the first time New Orleans failed to find double-digit wins since 2016. It suggests the Saints are on the downslope, or at least that’s what the oddsmakers and sportsbooks are thinking.
Using projected win totals for the 2022 season, NFL analyst Warren Sharp calculated the strength of schedule for each of the 32 teams — and he found that the Saints sit right in the middle of the group at No. 15. Here are the teams New Orleans is expected to face at home and on the road, ordered by their projected win totals:
- Home: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11.5), Los Angeles Rams (10.6), Cincinnati Bengals (9.8), Baltimore Ravens (9.7), Minnesota Vikings (9.0), Las Vegas Raiders (8.5), Seattle Seahawks (6.4), Carolina Panthers (6.0), Atlanta Falcons (5.0)
- Away: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11.5), San Francisco 49ers (10.1), Cleveland Browns (10.0), Arizona Cardinals (9.0), Philadelphia Eagles (8.4), Pittsburgh Steelers (7.6), Carolina Panthers (6.0), Atlanta Falcons (5.0)
