by Chris BurkeFiled under: Saints, Seahawks, NFL Playoffs, FanHouse Previews, NFL Predictions
The Saints, defending champions of the NFL, finished the regular season 11-5; Seattle won in Week 17 to improve to 7-9. Yet, it's the Saints who have to make the cross-country to trip to visit the Seahawks in the first round of the playoffs.Seattle, winners of the NFC West by virtue of a final-week win over St. Louis, will try to guarantee that we'll see a new team celebrating come February by pulling what would be one of the bigger upsets in recent postseason memory. It won't be easy -- New Orleans opened as a 10 1/2-point favorite, despite playing away from home, and the Saints present numerous matchup problems for the Seahawks.
Here's a look at the NFC wild-card round matchup.
Game Information
Saturday, Jan. 8, 4:30 p.m. ET at Qwest Field in Seattle. Game will be broadcast on NBC and will be the first of four NFL wild-card round playoff games.
Previous Meeting
Seattle fell 34-19 at New Orleans in Week 11. Seattle jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but the Saints responded with a 27-point first-half outburst sparked by a Chris Ivory TD run. Marques Colston and Robert Meachem each caught two TD passes, as New Orleans pulled away from Seattle to improve to 7-3. The loss dropped the Seahawks to 5-5 on the year at the time.
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