NEW ORLEANS (12-5) at MINNESOTA (13-3)
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OPENING LINE – Vikings by 4
Article continues below ... RECORD VS. SPREAD -New Orleans 8-8, Minnesota 11-4-1
SERIES RECORD – Vikings lead 21-11
LAST MEETING – Vikings beat Saints 29-19, Sept. 11, 2017
LAST WEEK – Saints beat Panthers 31-26; Vikings had first-round bye
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SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2)
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SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (16), PASS (15)
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (7), PASS (11)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (1)
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STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Vikings have won two of three postseason matchups with Saints, 1987 wild-card game in New Orleans and 2000 divisional-round game
in Minnesota. Saints won 2009 NFC championship game at home. … Vikings are 13-3
at home in history against Saints, including the one playoff victory. … Saints
are 7-4 in six appearances in playoffs under coach Sean Payton. They’re 1-4 on
road, excluding neutral-site win in Super Bowl 44. … Saints QB Drew Brees passed
for 376 yards against Panthers
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regular season, had only one catch against Panthers. … Saints FB Zach Line, who
spent four seasons with Vikings, had TD run last week. … Saints, who ranked
third in NFL in regular season with 20 interceptions and tied for ninth in
league with 25 total takeaways
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and sacked Panthers’ Cam Newton four times last week, including one by team
leader Cameron Jordan. … Jordan had only sack for Saints in season-opening loss
at Minnesota, when Sam Bradford was Vikings QB and passed for 346 yards and
three TDs without turnover on 27 of 32 completions for career-high 143.0 rating.
…. Vikings allowed 27 sacks in regular season, seventh fewest in league. …
Jordan, who had career-high 13 sacks in regular season, is son of former Vikings
TE Steve Jordan
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regular season was best in NFL. … Vikings had first-round bye for fourth time
under current playoff format. They reached NFC championship game each of three
previous instances. … Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is 0-1 in playoffs. … Payton and
Zimmer were assistants on Cowboys staff together between 2003-05, with Payton
running offense and Zimmer running defense. … This is Vikings QB Case Keenum’s
first career start in playoffs and first playoff game at U.S. Bank Stadium,
which opened in 2016 and is site of next month’s Super Bowl. … Vikings WR Stefon
Diggs had TD catch in each of last three games. He had two TDs and 93 yards in
opener against Saints. … RB Latavius Murray had 745 yards and eight TDs in last
10 games of regular season. He had TD run last season in playoffs for Raiders
against Texans. … Vikings FS Harrison Smith tied career high with five
interceptions and was one of two players in league with 70 or more tackles, five
or more interceptions and one or more sacks. … Vikings allowed only 20 runs of
10-plus yards in regular season, fewest in NFL since 49ers in 1995.
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