2020 Saints schedule: New Orleans has five primetime games

The 2020 NFL schedule includes five primetime games for the New Orleans Saints, three of which will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome

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The New Orleans Saints released their 2020 schedule on Thursday, and they rank among the NFL’s leaders in nationally-broadcast primetime games. The Saints will kick off under the sport’s brightest lights in road games with the Las Vegas Raiders (Week 2) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Week 9), while playing host in night games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome against the Green Bay Packers (Week 3) and the Los Angeles Chargers (Week 5). New Orleans will also welcome the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day (Week 16), the only NFL game to be played that day.

Other highlights on this year’s Saints schedule include a Week 1 home opener against Tom Brady and the much-hyped Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as an early-year matchup with Teddy Bridgewater and the new-look Carolina Panthers (Week 7). And the Saints will see those same Panthers again in the regular season finale (Week 17) for the third year in a row.

Curiously, the Saints’ chief NFC South rival, the Atlanta Falcons, will play both of their games with New Orleans at noon this year — the lack of a brighter spotlight speaks to the sorry state of that franchise, and their low expectations. However, the Saints will play the Falcons twice in three weeks, so this obviously isn’t a game to overlook.

Here’s your cheat sheet to this year’s slate of Saints games:

  • Week 1: Saints vs. Buccaneers 3:25 p.m. CT
  • Week 2: Saints at Raiders 7:15 p.m. CT (Monday Night Football)
  • Week 3: Saints vs. Packers 7:20 p.m. CT (Sunday Night Football)
  • Week 4: Saints at Lions 12:00 p.m. CT
  • Week 5: Saints vs. Chargers 7:15 p.m. CT (Monday Night Football)
  • Week 6: Bye
  • Week 7: Saints vs. Panthers 12:00 p.m. CT
  • Week 8: Saints at Bears 3:25 p.m. CT
  • Week 9: Saints at Buccaneers 7:20 p.m. CT (Sunday Night Football)
  • Week 10: Saints vs. 49ers 3:25 p.m. CT
  • Week 11: Saints vs. Falcons 12:00 p.m. CT
  • Week 12: Saints at Broncos 3:05 p.m. CT
  • Week 13: Saints at Falcons 12:00 p.m. CT
  • Week 14: Saints at Eagles 3:25 p.m. CT
  • Week 15: Saints vs. Chiefs 3:25 p.m. CT
  • Week 16: Saints at Vikings 3:30 p.m. CT (Christmas Day)
  • Week 17: Saints at Panthers 12:00 p.m. CT

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