Father Gabriel tells Rosita his parishioners had brought him food. When we first meet his character he is surviving on the food his original parishioners had brought him before he locked them out of the church and left them to die.
Like the comics, the Commonwealth's sporting event was supposed to be football. However, due to COVID restrictions, the sport was scaled down to wrestling instead.
This features the first time Judith uses the Colt Python since shooting Beta in the episode, "Stalker".
The Comic that RJ reads when Daryl asks him about Judith's whereabouts is titled Invincible. These comics were created by Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead comics. In addition, Steven Yeun, who portrayed Glenn Rhee, voices the main lead character, Mark Grayson, in Amazon Prime Video's Invincible (2021).
The title, "A New Deal", refers to the new deal that Carol made with Pamela for the Coalition.