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Saints finish 13-3 but miss out on first-round bye. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It turns out 13 wins weren't enough to earn the New Orleans Saints a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs. The runaway winners of the NFC South will have to win an extra game if they hope to reach the Super Bowl. They'll be the No.
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UP NEXT: Following a loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the New Orleans Saints season comes to an end. The Saints won the NFC South for the third consecutive season, while finishing 13-3 back-to-back seasons.
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Certain professional rugby and gridiron football leagues use the term "bye week" for any week during the regular season in which a team does not play a game. (School teams may also have non-competing weeks, but these are scheduled by individual schools and more commonly termed "open dates".)
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The Atlanta Falcons currently sit at a 2-7 record and the playoffs are not as far out of reach as some fans might think. According to math, the Falcons are still alive for the NFC crown. The Saints lead the division at 7-2 and they would need to reach 10-6 for the Falcons to be eliminated.
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The only NFL team in the last decade to have a 13–3 record and not get a first-round playoff bye is the New Orleans Saints.
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Vikings to Open Playoffs in New Orleans Against Saints. The Vikings are starting the postseason in the same stadium and city that they started the 2019 preseason. Minnesota (10-6), the No. 6 seed in the NFC, will visit New Orleans (13-3) at 12:05 p.m. (CT) Sunday for a Wild Card game on FOX.
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In this case, Liverpool have to beat Napoli by a margin of two goals or a 1-0 result in order to go through. PSG will win the group and Liverpool will be second in this case.
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Without those three wins to close out the season, the Chiefs have only a 23% chance at a bye. With a loss to another AFC team, that falls to below 10%. ... With that, here's what has to happen for the Chiefs to clinch a postseason bye: The Buffalo Bills have to defeat the New England Patriots in Week 16.
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The Cowboys aren't eliminated, however. They still have an outside chance to seize the NFC East if they win and the Eagles lose next week. Here's what the Cowboys needed to clinch this week: A win against the rival Eagles, who would've been eliminated from the playoffs as well.
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– The Vikings know they're in the playoffs. They know they're the No. 6 seed. ... Minnesota could play one of four NFC teams – Seattle, New Orleans, Green Bay or San Francisco – in the Wild Card round and will find out its opponent on Sunday night.
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If the Vikings lose Sunday and then in the first round of the playoffs, they will finish the season with a three-game losing streak, heading into the last year of Cousins' contract, with another year of wear and tear on an aging defense. ... This game is technically meaningless but emotionally wrought.
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A Seahawks win combined with a Green Bay loss and a New Orleans win would make the Saints the No. 1 seed and Seattle the No. ... And a Seahawks win combined with Saints and Packers losses would hand Seattle the No. 1 seed, as they would win a three-way tiebreaker with those two teams if all finished 12-4.
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['San Francisco 49ers (first-round bye)', 'Green Bay Packers (first-round bye)', 'New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings. 0:00. ... ', 'Philadelphia Eagles vs. Seattle Seahawks.']
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The Saints are playing on Wild Card Weekend because they lost a conference tiebreaker with the Green Bay Packers, who also finished at 13-3. Green Bay finished 10-2 against NFC teams, while New Orleans finished 9-3.
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The New Orleans Saints last made the playoffs in 2019, when they lost the Wild Card Round.
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On November 7, 2018, nine weeks into the 2018 season, Bryant agreed to a one-year, $1.25 million deal with the New Orleans Saints. On November 9, just two days after signing with the Saints, Bryant tore his achilles tendon during team practice.
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Vikings' potential playoff opponents. The Vikings' most likely first-round playoff opponent appears to be Drew Brees and the Saints, but there are three other possibilities as well. The Vikings are locked into the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs and will play the No.