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Saints looking at comfortable 2021 schedule even without Drew Brees

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A new era of Saints football is beginning, as Drew Brees retired after 15 seasons in New Orleans. The newest Saints era begins this fall and we’ll find out the schedule on Wednesday but based on the Saints’ opponents for 2021, the schedule shouldn’t be too daunting.

In fact, New Orleans is No. 22 when it comes to strength of schedule for 2021, per John Breech of CBS Sports. The Saints’ opponents for the 2021 season went 131-140-1 a season ago and the winning percentage between all of those teams was .