The New Orleans Saints are back in the loss column after a 20-19 loss to the Washington Commanders in Week 15. This puts them at 5-9 on the season with a less than 1% chance of making the playoffs, as they continue to get closer to a good pick rather than competition.
This moves the Saints to 3-2 in the Darren Rizzi era now, and media outlets have begun to see that this is not a perfect team either, moving them back down to where they were prior to the promotion of Rizzi to interim head coach.
With only three games left in the season and an extremely improbable path left to the playoffs, the Saints are in a pretty bad spot overall, and this leaves them near the bottom of many different media outlets’ power rankings entering Week 16. Here’s a look at where they stand in the rankings of multiple media outlets, as well as where they were at this time last week:
- ESPN: No. 23 (prev: 22)
- NFL: No. 23 (prev: 23)
- CBS Sports: No. 25 (prev: 23)
- Bleacher Report: No. 24 (prev: 23)
- ProFootballTalk: No. 23 (prev: 22)
- Yahoo Sports: No. 21 (prev: 22)
- The Athletic: No. 23 (prev: 23)
- FOX Sports: No. 23 (prev: 25)
- The Ringer: No. 24 (prev: 25)
- USA TODAY: No. 26 (prev: No. 25)
High: 21 – Low: 26 – Average: 23.5
The Saints have a few weeks left to go up or down in these rankings, but ultimately I think the most important thing is figuring out if Spencer Rattler is your starting quarterback. After a strong second half showing for him against the Washington Commanders without preparation as the starter, they might as well give him another shot and see how he’s improved.
