With the Seattle victory over Green Bay and the St. Louis loss....to somebody...not worth me logging on to NFL.com for that bit of info...the New Orleans Saints' 2009 opponents are set. The actual dates will not be revealed by the league until May in order to maximize high-interest match-ups throughout the season and to milk such an announcement for every cent of advertising revenue they can get their grubby little hands on.
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The Usual NFC South Divisional Suspects: Atlanta, Carolina and Tampa Bay
NFC East (based upon the divisonal rotation): New York Giants and Dallas
AFC East (see the above): New England and New York Jets
NFC North (based upon intra-conference divisional rotation and comparative ranking of the team, which will be the last place team as the Saints finished last in their division weeks ago):
Detroit Lions
AWAY:
The Usual NFC South Divisional Suspects: Atlanta, Carolina and Tampa Bay
NFC East (based upon the divisional rotation): Washington and Philadelphia (bring the kevlar)
AFC East (ditteaux): Miami and Buffalo (please let this be a September game at Ralph Wilson)
NFC North (the only game that had not been known going into last weekend): St. Louis Rams
Mercifully, we will not be going to Soldier Field for a regular season game for at least two years, though exhibitions, playoff appearances and/or divisional ranking with the intra-conference rotation could land the Saints there as early as 2010, assuming the league keeps its current logical schedule system and division set up in place.
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