are the new orleans saints in the playoffs?
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The New Orleans Saints last made the playoffs in 2019, when they lost the Wild Card Round.
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NEW ORLEANS — Any loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night would've officially ended the Indianapolis Colts' playoff hopes for the 2019 season. ... At 6-8, the Colts are officially eliminated from playoff contention. "Obviously a very disappointing performance, to say the least," Colts head coach Frank Reich said.
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The Atlanta Falcons currently sit at a 2-7 record and the playoffs are not as far out of reach as some fans might think. According to math, the Falcons are still alive for the NFC crown. The Saints lead the division at 7-2 and they would need to reach 10-6 for the Falcons to be eliminated.
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2 seed by winning last two games. GREEN BAY – No matter what the New Orleans Saints do Monday night when they host the Indianapolis Colts, they will trail the Green Bay Packers for the second seed in the NFC playoffs with two weeks remaining.
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1 seed and Seattle the No. 2 seed. And a Seahawks win combined with Saints and Packers losses would hand Seattle the No. 1 seed, as they would win a three-way tiebreaker with those two teams if all finished 12-4.
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According to some recent predictions from the Action Network, the Steelers are expected to be one of the seven teams from the AFC to qualify for the 2020 playoffs. They have Pittsburgh ending up with the No. 5 seed in the conference next season and an overall 67.07 percent chance to qualify for the postseason in 2020.
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The Vikings still have a chance to enter the playoffs as the NFC's No. 1 seed and capture home-field advantage. Even though Minnesota is currently sitting at No. 6 in the NFC postseason standings, they're still only two games behind the top seed in the conference, the San Francisco 49ers.
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The Vikings have now made the playoffs 30 times in their 59-season history. Their previous playoff history included 20 division titles and nine appearances as a Wild Card team. ... Minnesota can still win the NFC North by winning its final two games and if Detroit defeats Green Bay in Week 17.
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Going for it: Saints could clinch 1st-round bye. ... New Orleans' 13th-year coach said his team if preparing to go all out Sunday to beat the Carolina Panthers in the regular-season finale, knowing full well his team still needs some help to earn a bye.
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To claim the No. 1 seed though, the Saints also need the Seahawks to defeat the 49ers in Seattle to end the season. If the Saints can get their hands on the No. 1 seed, they earn a coveted bye week in the playoffs and will play both games at home in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
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Taking a look at Kirk Cousins' 1 playoff start Cousins and the Vikings will travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints in the wild card round on Sunday. The last, and only, time Cousins started a playoff game was during the 2015 season when he led the Redskins to a 9-7 record and the NFC East championship.
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The Seahawks will travel east to face the Eagles on Sunday as the NFC's No. 5 seed. The Seahawks fell just short of a win Sunday and the NFC West title that would have come with it, and as a result they head into the playoffs as a wild card team.
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– The Vikings know they're in the playoffs. They know they're the No. 6 seed. ... Minnesota could play one of four NFC teams – Seattle, New Orleans, Green Bay or San Francisco – in the Wild Card round and will find out its opponent on Sunday night.
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Titans Going Back to Playoffs, Back to New England. The Tennessee Titans are back in the playoffs. ... Derrick Henry won the NFL rushing title as the Titans secured the AFC's second wild card with a 35-14 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday in Houston.
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The Seattle Seahawks have officially clinched a spot in this year's playoffs. Seattle not only beat the Panthers in Carolina, but the Cowboys took care of the Los Angeles Rams to seal the deal for the Seahawks. There were four possible scenarios that could have occurred on Sunday for Seattle to have secured a spot.
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GREEN BAY – The Packers are back in the playoffs for the first time in three years. Sunday's 21-13 victory over the rival Bears coupled with the Rams' 44-21 loss at Dallas has secured no worse than a wild-card postseason berth for Green Bay, which hasn't been to the playoffs since 2016.
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The New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings are very familiar with one another. When the Saints host the Vikings in an NFL wild-card game Sunday afternoon, it will be the fifth time they have met in the postseason. Minnesota will break a tie with Philadelphia as New Orleans' most frequent playoff opponent.