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John Dudek
By JOHN DUDEK
Times Columnist
After an absolutely bizarre
weekend of wild card games, we
are down to just eight teams. Of
course, one of those teams is the
New Orleans Saints.
The Saints overcame the
stigma that they couldn't win
a playoff game on the road, or
outdoors. Last Saturday night,
they did both. Shockingly, New
Orleans ran the ball better
than Philadelphia, and played
better defense. Those are
the two biggest reasons that
the Saints prevailed, 26-24.
The Saints actually kick off the
divisional round of the playoffs,
against the Seattle Seahawks.
As you may recall, Seattle
defeated New Orleans earlier
this season, 34-7, in the Saints'
most lopsided defeat all season.
Nationally, most sportswriters
believe the Seahawks are the
NFC's best team. It would be
hard to disagree with that.
As for the Saints, they won
their first road playoff game
in franchise history just last
week. This will be the tough-
est test for New Orleans since
Scan Payton took over as head
coach in 2006. My prediction:
New Orleans 20, Seattle 17.
In the night game, the India-
napolis Colts travel to Foxbor-
ough to take on the New Eng-
land Patriots.
Here is pretty much all
that you need to know about
this ganie. Tom Brady and the
Patriots are almost unbeat-
able at home in the post sea-
son. The Indianapolis Colts
needed to come back from a
38-10 deficit, at home, to even
get here. My Prediction: New
England 38, Indianapolis 23.
On Sunday, the San Francisco
49ers and Carolina Panthers
will meet up at high noon. These
two teams are absolute mirror
images of each other. They both
run the ball effectively, play
great defense, and have dual
threat quarterbacks. In fact,
this game will come down to
which quarterback makes the
fewest mistakes.
It's A Boy!
California native John Ma-
kar and Lauren Lafargue Ma-
kar of Ponchatoula welcomed
their second child Gregory Ma-
kar into the world on January
2.
Gregory was born in Tampa
Florida where the couple is liv-
ing after long careers in the
U.S. Army. Gregory weighed 6
lbs, 9 ounces and was 19 inches
long.
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