Same, Saints-Chargers would’ve been so much better... but beyond New Orleans, who else was there? The NFL didn’t want to redo last year’s AFC championship game, and if you have Chargers-Colts, you can’t have Saints-Chargers. Can’t really have Bears-Colts, either, since they were in the Super Bowl.
Saints-Chargers is a CLEAR Chargers win, though.
The deal is the Super Bowl champion has to be home for the season opener so they have to pick from their eight home opponents. Other than New England (which I’m sure CBS fought to protect) the Saints were the best matchup for Indy.