NFC Playoffs: Ranking the Biggest Threats for the New Orleans Saints

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Published: January 5, 2010

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... probably seen the stat by now: No team has ever won the Super Bowl when they enter the playoffs on a three-game losing streak.

Who. Cares.

At least they're not the New York Giants.

Or the Denver Broncos.

Up until ten years ago, no dome team had ever won the Super Bowl. Since then, the St. Louis Rams and Indianapolis Colts both have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.

There's a first for everything.

Officially, the road to Miami for the NFC, host of Super Bowl XLIV, goes through the venue which has hosted the most Super Bowls (six), the Louisiana Superdome.

Owners of the conference's best record at 13-3, the Saints are afforded the chance to rest their players who are nursing a variety of injuries and host one and possibly two playoff games.

It's been quite a while since New Orleans has had all if it's key players healthy at the same time.

Running back Pierre Thomas and tight ends David Thomas and Jeremy Shockey...

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