The Saints made their first appearance on Monday night: They became the first team to be excluded from the NFL this season.

The NFL went 15 weeks and 15 games without a shutout before the Packers kept the Saints off the scoreboard and won 34-0. The Packers moved to 11-4 heading into the postseason, while the Saints fell to 5-10.

Without their starting quarterback (Derek Carr), their top running back (Alvin Kamara), their best receiver (Chris Olave), their second-best receiver (Rashid Shaheed) and their best weapon (Taysom Hill), the Saints had no chance. Rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler made his fourth start in place of Derek Carr, throwing to wide receivers Dante Pettis, Kevin Austin, Cedrick Wilson and Mason Tipton and passing to Kendre Miller, Jordan Mims and Jamaal Williams.

It was in every way the mismatch it seemed before.

The Packers outscored the Saints 404 to 196 and had two takeaways from Rattler, who went 12 of 23 for 135 yards with an interception and a lost fumble. The Saints had four possessions in Green Bay territory, with Rattler’s fumble coming at the Packers 29 and his interception coming at the Green Bay 22.

The Packers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and led 21-0 at halftime before Brandon McManus’ field goals of 55 and 46 yards gave them a 27-0 lead in the second half.

Jordan Love completed 16 of 28 for 182 yards and a touchdown before exiting in the fourth quarter of the blowout. Malik Willis played the final 5:44 and led the Packers to another touchdown.

Green Bay had nine players with at least one carry and totaled 188 rushing yards. Chris Brooks had a 1-yard touchdown run, Josh Jacobs had a 2-yard touchdown run and Emanuel Wilson had a 1-yard touchdown run.

Dontayvion Wicks scored the team’s first touchdown on a 2-yard touchdown reception from Love.

The Packers welcomed seven different players.

Jacobs rushed for 69 yards on 13 carries and caught four passes for 38 yards.