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Saints Sure Do Get A Lot Of Prime Time Games At Home

Monday Night loves the Superdome, almost as much as Sunday and Thursday.

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Pat Yasinkas points out the Saints have been very good on Monday games over the past four seasons:

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  • November 30, 2009 NEW ORLEANS 38, New England 17
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  • November 2, 2009 NEW ORLEANS 35, Atlanta 27
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  • November 24, 2008 NEW ORLEANS 51, Green Bay 29
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  • October 6, 2008 Minnesota 30, NEW ORLEANS 27
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  • December 10, 2007 New Orleans 34, ATLANTA 14
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  • September 24, 2007 Tennessee 31, NEW ORLEANS 14
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  • September 25, 2006 NEW ORLEANS 23, Atlanta 3
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Home team in CAPS.
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The untrained eye may not note the word New Orleans only appears once in non-CAPS. Look again!

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Last year they also hosted a Saturday night game. This year they hosted the Vikings in week one's Thursday night and have a Sunday night game at home. 

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The issue isn't that the Saints get to play in national games; they're a compelling, popular, and excellent team. It's that they've gotten almost all of their recent big games at home. The NFL has finally provided some balance though, with New Orleans' two Monday Night games being played on the road (San Fran this weekend and Atlanta in week 16). This Monday will be the Saints' first prime time road game since a December 11, 2008 loss at Soldier Field.

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Photographs by coka_koehler used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.