by John HickeyFiled under: Saints, Seahawks, NFC South, NFC West, NFL Playoffs
Saturday's game between the wild-card New Orleans Saints (11-5) and the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks (7-9) will cover some uncharted terrain.Home-field advantage is always a huge issue in the playoffs, and everybody seems to agree that the din put out by the Seattle fans is second to none in the NFL, making it hard on the visitors. Even so, the Saints are 10½-point favorites in this one, the largest point spread for a visiting team in an NFL playoff game in recent memory.
The Saints have never won a road playoff game. Last year, en route to the Super Bowl, New Orleans had a bye the first week of the playoffs, then two home games.
More than that, the Saints have had to put running backs Chris Ivory and Pierre Thomas on injured reserve. So in quest of its first-ever road playoff win, New Orleans has to go without Thomas, whose running and pass-catching was so vital a year ago, and Ivory, who had stepped up to stabilize the Saints' offense by averaging more than five yards per carry.
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