New Orleans went 11-5 in the year after winning Super Bowl XLIV. Drew Brees threw for 4,620 yards but managed 22 interceptions, the worst single-season total of his career. Reggie Bush missed nine games with a broken fibula. Marques Colston led the receivers with 84 catches.
The wild-card round at Seattle was a 41-36 loss made famous by Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, the run that registered as a small earthquake on Pacific Northwest Seismic Network sensors. Lynch broke nine tackles on the play. Brees threw for 404 yards and two touchdowns in defeat. Sean Payton's second straight playoff trip ended in one round. Gregg Williams's defense, gutted by the season's injury list, gave up 41 points in the wild-card loss.

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Arm | Accuracy | Clutch | Ball Security | Release Speed | Scramble | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 1,178 | Overall 94 | Accuracy 99 | QB | #09 | 1,178 | 94 | 94 | 99 | 70 | 59 | 100 | 52 | |||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Rush | Power | Burst | Receiving | Blocking | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 192 | Overall 47 | Rush 37 | RB | #29 | 192 | 47 | 37 | 92 | 75 | 9 | 85 | ||||||||
| Snaps 219 | Overall 32 | Rush 14 | RB | #23 | 219 | 32 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 96 | 35 | ||||||||
| Snaps 265 | Overall 15 | Rush 18 | RB | #25 | 265 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 71 | 21 | ||||||||
| Snaps 357 | Overall 3 | Rush 5 | RB | #44 | 357 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||
| Snaps 243 | Overall 3 | Rush 2 | RB | #21 | 243 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 40 | 12 | ||||||||
| Snaps 271 | Overall 3 | Rush 3 | RB | #46 | 271 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Route Running | Separation | Hands | YAC | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 597 | Overall 83 | Route Running 80 | WR | #16 | 597 | 83 | 80 | 61 | 89 | 59 | |||||||||
| Snaps 888 | Overall 80 | Route Running 77 | WR | #12 | 888 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
| Snaps 575 | Overall 77 | Route Running 74 | WR | #17 | 575 | 77 | 74 | 85 | 60 | 21 | |||||||||
| Snaps 667 | Overall 35 | Route Running 29 | WR | #19 | 667 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 39 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Receiving | Separation | Hands | Pass Pro | Run Block | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 234 | Overall 83 | Receiving 85 | TE | #80 | 234 | 83 | 85 | 94 | 55 | 84 | 52 | ||||||||
| Snaps 44 | Overall 77 | Receiving 75 | TE | #87 | 44 | 77 | 75 | 100 | 98 | - | 52 | ||||||||
| Snaps 597 | Overall 61 | Receiving 40 | TE | #85 | 597 | 61 | 40 | 15 | 92 | 32 | 92 | ||||||||
| Snaps 557 | Overall 58 | Receiving 55 | TE | #88 | 557 | 58 | 55 | 37 | 68 | 41 | 68 | ||||||||
| Snaps 179 | Overall 37 | Receiving 1 | TE | #64 | 179 | 37 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 97 | ||||||||
| Snaps 101 | Overall 19 | Receiving 3 | TE | #84 | 101 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 98 | 80 | 81 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Pass Pro | Drive | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 1,192 | Overall 99 | Pass Pro 90 | OG | #77 | 1,192 | 99 | 90 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,192 | Overall 82 | Pass Pro 85 | OG | #73 | 1,192 | 82 | 85 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,179 | Overall 72 | Pass Pro 40 | OT | #78 | 1,179 | 72 | 40 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,178 | Overall 67 | Pass Pro 86 | C | #76 | 1,178 | 67 | 86 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,185 | Overall 63 | Pass Pro 73 | OT | #74 | 1,185 | 63 | 73 | 60 | |||||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Pass Rush | Run Stuff | Hurry | Tackling | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 267 | Overall 70 | Pass Rush 64 | EDGE | #97 | 267 | 70 | 64 | 64 | 30 | 65 | |||||||||
| Snaps 438 | Overall 62 | Pass Rush 27 | DT | #69 | 438 | 62 | 27 | 78 | 39 | 89 | |||||||||
| Snaps 701 | Overall 49 | Pass Rush 20 | EDGE | #96 | 701 | 49 | 20 | 64 | 23 | 82 | |||||||||
| Snaps 844 | Overall 47 | Pass Rush 63 | EDGE | #91 | 844 | 47 | 63 | 35 | 38 | 36 | |||||||||
| Snaps 817 | Overall 42 | Pass Rush 46 | DT | #98 | 817 | 42 | 46 | 24 | 43 | 93 | |||||||||
| Snaps 340 | Overall 20 | Pass Rush 23 | EDGE | #99 | 340 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 46 | |||||||||
| Snaps 627 | Overall 31 | Pass Rush 18 | DT | #92 | 627 | 31 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 68 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Run Stuff | Cover | Blitz | Tackling | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 378 | Overall 84 | Cover 89 | LB | #50 | 378 | 84 | 80 | 89 | 16 | 95 | |||||||||
| Snaps 337 | Overall 75 | Cover 46 | LB | #55 | 337 | 75 | 75 | 46 | 79 | 35 | |||||||||
| Snaps 357 | Overall 68 | Cover 87 | LB | #56 | 357 | 68 | 42 | 87 | 19 | 97 | |||||||||
| Snaps 1,018 | Overall 30 | Cover 21 | LB | #51 | 1,018 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 88 | |||||||||
| Snaps 895 | Overall 15 | Cover 4 | LB | #58 | 895 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Cover | Blitz | Run Stuff | Tackling | Ball Hawk | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 812 | Overall 77 | Cover 85 | CB | #33 | 812 | 77 | 85 | 59 | 8 | 13 | 90 | ||||||||
| Snaps 239 | Overall 74 | Cover 81 | CB | #24 | 239 | 74 | 81 | 91 | 2 | 72 | 3 | ||||||||
| Snaps 283 | Overall 71 | Cover 67 | CB | #34 | 283 | 71 | 67 | 22 | 69 | 92 | 50 | ||||||||
| Snaps 727 | Overall 64 | Cover 62 | CB | #22 | 727 | 64 | 62 | 8 | 60 | 87 | 69 | ||||||||
| Snaps 59 | Overall 55 | Cover 41 | CB | #20 | 59 | 55 | 41 | 73 | 61 | 93 | 3 | ||||||||
| Snaps 201 | Overall 48 | Cover 54 | S | #28 | 201 | 48 | 54 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 79 | ||||||||
| Snaps 913 | Overall 65 | Cover 14 | S | #41 | 913 | 65 | 14 | 93 | 97 | 95 | 19 | ||||||||
| Snaps 821 | Overall 77 | Cover 88 | S | #27 | 821 | 77 | 88 | 76 | 36 | 41 | 93 | ||||||||
| Snaps 85 | Overall 42 | Cover 46 | S | #31 | 85 | 42 | 46 | 46 | 26 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||
| Snaps 320 | Overall 20 | Cover 38 | S | #42 | 320 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 58 | 22 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Net | Air Time | Pin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 4 | Net 72 | Air Time 72 | P | #06 | 4 | 72 | 72 | 29 | |||||||||||