NFC South · 2017

New Orleans Saints

Record

11-5

Seed

Net EPA

+0.084est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.092
Success rate45.3%
EPA / dropback+0.140
EPA / rush+0.026
Explosive rate12.4%
CPOE+4.74
Third-down rate38.5%
Red-zone TD rate65.9%
Points / drive2.37
Turnover rate1.6%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed-0.026
Success rate allowed41.8%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.019
EPA / rush allowed-0.106
Explosive rate allowed9.2%
Pressure rate (proxy)17.8%
Sack rate6.3%
Points / drive allowed1.74

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.092 · 95th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.026 · 50th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-7

+4.3 vs line

Home

5-3

Away

4-4

As favorite

8-3

As dog

1-4

O/U

9-7

-1.6 vs total

Roster

104 players

53 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks3

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
7	Taysom Hill	QB	27	6'2" 221	R	Brigham Young	ACT
9	Drew Brees	QB	38	6'0" 209	16	Purdue	ACT
10	Chase Daniel	QB	32	6'0" 225	8	Missouri	ACT

Backs & receivers27

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
11	Corey Fuller	WR	27	6'2" 200	4	Virginia Tech	CUT
11	Tommylee Lewis	WR	26	5'7" 168	1	Northern Illinois	ACT
13	Michael Thomas	WR	24	6'3" 212	1	Ohio State	ACT
14	Travin Dural	WR	25	6'2" 206	R	LSU	DEV
16	Brandon Coleman	WR	25	6'6" 225	3	Rutgers	ACT
17	Xavier Rush	WR	—	6'3" 202	1	Tulane	CUT
19	Ted Ginn	WR	32	5'11" 180	10	Ohio State	ACT
22	Mark Ingram	RB	29	5'9" 215	6	Alabama	ACT
27	Jonathan Williams	RB	23	6'0" 223	1	Arkansas	ACT
29	John Kuhn	RB	36	6'0" 250	12	Shippensburg	RES
33	Trey Edmunds	RB	24	6'1" 223	R	Maryland	ACT
36	Daniel Lasco	RB	26	6'1" 205	1	California	RES
41	Alvin Kamara	RB	22	5'10" 215	R	Tennessee	ACT
42	Zach Line	RB	27	6'1" 233	4	Southern Methodist	ACT
42	John Robinson-Woodgett	RB	—	6'1" 247	R	Massachusetts	CUT
45	Garrett Griffin	TE	23	6'4" 240	1	Air Force	RES
48	Alex Ellis	TE	24	6'4" 245	1	Tennessee	DEV
80	Clay Harbor	TE	30	6'3" 240	7	Missouri State	RES
80	Austin Carr	WR	25	6'0" 195	R	Northwestern	ACT
81	Jordan Williams	WR	—	6'3" 228	1	Ball State	CUT
82	Coby Fleener	TE	30	6'6" 251	5	Stanford	RES
83	Willie Snead	WR	26	5'11" 195	3	Ball State	ACT
84	Michael Hoomanawanui	TE	29	6'4" 265	7	Illinois	ACT
85	Dan Arnold	WR	22	6'6" 220	R	Wisconsin-Platteville	RES
86	John Phillips	TE	30	6'5" 251	8	Virginia	ACT
88	De'Quan Hampton	WR	—	6'4" 225	R	Southern California	CUT
89	Josh Hill	TE	27	6'5" 250	4	Idaho State	ACT

Offensive line16

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
60	Max Unger	OL	31	6'5" 305	8	Oregon	ACT
61	Josh LeRibeus	OL	28	6'2" 310	5	Southern Methodist	ACT
63	Cameron Tom	OL	22	6'4" 300	R	Southern Mississippi	ACT
64	Zach Strief	OL	35	6'7" 320	11	Northwestern	RES
64	Martin Wallace	OL	27	6'6" 311	4	Temple	CUT
64	Gabe Ikard	OL	28	6'4" 300	3	Oklahoma	DEV
65	Senio Kelemete	OL	27	6'3" 300	5	Washington	ACT
65	Nate Theaker	OL	25	6'5" 315	R	Wayne State (Mich.)	DEV
66	Jack Allen	OL	26	6'2" 296	1	Michigan State	RES
67	Larry Warford	OL	26	6'3" 317	4	Kentucky	ACT
71	Ryan Ramczyk	OL	23	6'5" 314	R	Wisconsin	ACT
72	Terron Armstead	OL	26	6'5" 304	4	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	ACT
75	Andrus Peat	OL	25	6'7" 316	2	Stanford	RES
77	John Fullington	OL	26	6'5" 301	3	Washington State	ACT
78	Landon Turner	OL	24	6'4" 325	1	North Carolina	DEV
79	Bryce Harris	OL	28	6'6" 300	5	Fresno State	ACT

Defensive front35

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
44	Hau'oli Kikaha	LB	25	6'3" 246	2	Washington	RES
45	Sae Tautu	LB	—	6'3" 245	R	Brigham Young	CUT
46	Shayne Skov	LB	27	6'3" 247	3	Stanford	DEV
47	Alex Anzalone	LB	24	6'3" 241	R	Florida	RES
50	Gerald Hodges	LB	26	6'2" 236	4	Penn State	ACT
51	Manti Te'o	LB	26	6'1" 241	4	Notre Dame	ACT
52	Craig Robertson	LB	29	6'1" 234	6	North Texas	ACT
53	A.J. Klein	LB	26	6'1" 240	4	Iowa State	RES
54	Nate Stupar	LB	29	6'2" 240	5	Penn State	RES
55	Jonathan Freeny	LB	28	6'2" 254	6	Rutgers	ACT
56	Michael Mauti	LB	27	6'2" 243	4	Penn State	ACT
57	Audie Cole	LB	—	6'5" 248	5	North Carolina State	CUT
57	Alex Okafor	DL	26	6'4" 261	4	Texas	RES
58	Kasim Edebali	LB	28	6'2" 253	3	Boston College	ACT
58	David Parry	DL	25	6'2" 317	2	Stanford	RES
59	Jonathan Walton	LB	—	6'0" 234	R	South Carolina	CUT
68	Devaroe Lawrence	DL	26	6'2" 294	R	Auburn	RSN
70	Mitchell Loewen	DL	24	6'5" 275	1	Arkansas	RES
73	Jason Jones	DL	—	6'5" 278	9	Eastern Michigan	CUT
74	Alex Jenkins	DL	24	6'6" 270	R	Incarnate Word (Tex.)	DEV
76	Tony McDaniel	DL	32	6'7" 305	11	Tennessee	RES
90	George Johnson	DL	31	6'4" 265	7	Rutgers	ACT
90	Nick Fairley	DL	29	6'4" 308	6	Auburn	RSN
91	Trey Hendrickson	DL	24	6'4" 270	R	Florida Atlantic	ACT
92	John Hughes	DL	29	6'2" 320	5	Cincinnati	RES
92	Justin Zimmer	DL	26	6'3" 292	1	Ferris State	CUT
93	David Onyemata	DL	26	6'4" 300	1	Manitoba, Can.	ACT
93	Jeremy Liggins	DL	24	6'3" 315	R	Mississippi	DEV
94	Cameron Jordan	DL	28	6'4" 287	6	California	ACT
95	Tyeler Davison	DL	26	6'2" 309	2	Fresno State	ACT
96	Ashaad Mabry	DL	—	6'4" 315	2	Texas-San Antonio	CUT
96	Woodrow Hamilton	DL	26	6'3" 319	1	Mississippi	ACT
97	Al-Quadin Muhammad	DL	22	6'3" 250	R	Miami	ACT
98	Sheldon Rankins	DL	23	6'2" 305	1	Louisville	ACT
99	Adam Bighill	LB	30	5'10" 230	1	Central Washington	DEV

Secondary19

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	Ken Crawley	DB	24	6'1" 180	1	Colorado	ACT
21	De'Vante Harris	DB	23	5'11" 190	1	Texas A&M	DEV
22	Mykkele Thompson	DB	24	6'2" 195	2	Texas	DEV
23	Marshon Lattimore	DB	21	6'0" 192	R	Ohio State	ACT
24	Sterling Moore	DB	27	5'10" 202	6	Southern Methodist	ACT
25	Rafael Bush	DB	30	5'11" 205	7	South Carolina State	ACT
26	P.J. Williams	DB	24	6'0" 196	2	Florida State	ACT
27	Damian Swann	DB	—	6'0" 189	2	Georgia	CUT
27	Bradley Sylve	DB	24	6'0" 180	R	Alabama	CUT
30	Dexter McDougle	DB	26	5'10" 195	3	Maryland	CUT
31	Chris Banjo	DB	27	5'10" 207	4	Southern Methodist	ACT
32	Kenny Vaccaro	DB	26	6'0" 214	4	Texas	RES
34	Justin Hardee	DB	23	6'0" 200	R	Illinois	ACT
34	Elijah Mitchell	DB	—	5'8" 181	R	Nevada	CUT
35	Malik Foreman	DB	—	5'10" 176	R	Tennessee	CUT
37	Arthur Maulet	DB	24	5'9" 190	R	Memphis	ACT
40	Delvin Breaux	DB	29	6'1" 210	2	LSU	RES
43	Marcus Williams	DB	22	6'0" 195	R	Utah	ACT
48	Vonn Bell	DB	24	5'11" 205	1	Ohio State	ACT

Specialists4

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Wil Lutz	K	23	5'11" 184	1	Georgia State	ACT
6	Thomas Morstead	P	31	6'4" 235	8	Southern Methodist	ACT
46	Jon Dorenbos	LS	—	6'0" 250	14	Texas-El Paso	CUT
49	Zach Wood	LS	24	6'3" 282	1	Southern Methodist	ACT

Schedule

18 games

New Orleans Saints schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Vikings	L 19-29	+3	+0.136
2	vs Patriots	L 20-36	+5.5	-0.001
3	@ Panthers	W 34-13	+5.5	+0.257
4	@ Dolphins	W 20-0	-4	+0.136
6	vs Lions	W 52-38	-6	-0.161
7	@ Packers	W 26-17	-3.5	+0.229
8	vs Bears	W 20-12	-7.5	-0.083
9	vs Buccaneers	W 30-10	-7	+0.173
10	@ Bills	W 47-10	-2	+0.388
11	vs Commanders	W 34-31	-9.5	+0.194
12	@ Rams	L 20-26	+2.5	+0.044
13	vs Panthers	W 31-21	-5.5	+0.119
14	@ Falcons	L 17-20	+2.5	+0.025
15	vs Jets	W 31-19	-16.5	-0.022
16	vs Falcons	W 23-13	-5.5	-0.137
17	@ Buccaneers	L 24-31	-6	+0.111
WC	vs Panthers	W 31-26	-6.5	+0.150
DIV	@ Vikings	L 24-29	+5.5	+0.030