METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints will look a little different when they open the 2021 NFL regular season against the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 12 in the Caesars Superdome. The Saints finished 2020 with a 12-4 record, atop the NFC South, before losing a divisional-round game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Saints will have at least 10 new starters in Week 1, thanks to Drew Brees' retirement, an offseason salary-cap purge and a handful of untimely injuries and suspensions. And there is some intrigue about whether they'll make a change with their No.