2026 New Orleans Saints season

2026 New Orleans Saints season
OwnerGayle Benson
General managerMickey Loomis
Head coachKellen Moore
Home stadiumCaesars Superdome
Results
Record0–0
Uniform

The 2026 season will be the New Orleans Saints' 60th in the National Football League (NFL), their 51st to host games at the Caesars Superdome, their 14th under general manager Mickey Loomis and their second under head coach Kellen Moore. The Saints will seek to improve upon their 6–11 record from the previous season and end their five-year drought of both a playoff appearance and an NFC South title.

Offseason

Draft

2026 New Orleans Saints draft selections
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 8
2 41
3 74
4 TBD
5 TBD
6 TBD
7 TBD

Notes

  • Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Staff

Front office
  • Owner – Gayle Benson
  • President – Dennis Lauscha
  • Executive vice president/general manager – Mickey Loomis
  • Senior VP of football operations/assistant general manager – Khai Harley
  • Senior VP/assistant general manager – college personnel – Jeff Ireland
  • Vice president of pro personnel – Michael Parenton
  • Director of football administration – Scott Kuhn
  • Director of analytics – Zach Stuart
  • Director of team operations – Derek Stamnos
Head coach
  • Head coach – Kellen Moore
  • Associate head coach/running backs – Joel Thomas
  • Assistant to the head coach – Mike Martinez
Offensive coaches
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Director of sports science – Ted Rath
  • Strength and conditioning coach – Matt Clapp
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Charles Byrd
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Rob Wenning

Coaching staff
Front office
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Current roster

Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve

Impending free agents (FA)

Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA)

Preseason

The Saints' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2026 opponents

Listed below are the Saints' opponents for 2026. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.[1] The Saints will play a home game at the Stade de France in Paris as part of the NFL International Series.[2]

Category Home Away
Division opponents
(NFC South)
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Conference opponents
(NFC North)
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Conference opponents
(based on 2025 division placement)
Arizona Cardinals New York Giants
Interconference opponents
(AFC North)
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Interconference opponent
(based on 2025 division placement)
Las Vegas Raiders N/a

References

  1. ^ "2026 NFL season: Team-by-team opponents for every game". NFL.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  2. ^ "Paris to host first NFL regular-season game in 2026; Saints one of participating teams". NFL. February 2, 2026. Retrieved February 2, 2026.