I can’t say I’m looking forward to the Falcons playing the Saints, given how lopsided that rivalry has been in recent years, but the intrigue was certainly there. How would the Falcons look under a new coaching staff against Sean Payton? Would Kyle Pitts prove difficult to stop for New Orleans? And perhaps most intriguingly, what would this Falcons team face in Jameis Winston, who often tormented them in Tampa Bay but would now be helming the New Orleans offense?
I was not necessarily looking forward to finding that out, but it was one more interesting facet to one of the most heated rivalries in sports.