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No sixth seed has reached or won the Super Bowl since the Green Bay Packers in the 2010 season. No team has repeated as Super Bowl champion since the 2004 New England Patriots. Both streaks will continue because the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles blew a 14-0 lead at the No. 1 New Orleans Saints in the Divisional Round and lost 20-14.

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So, the Saints will host the NFC Championship Game for the second time in franchise history with the No. 2 Los Angeles Rams as visitors on Sunday.

The Saints’ only other trip to this game was following the 2009 season when they beat the visiting Minnesota Vikings in overtime. Drew Brees and company would go on to beat Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis Colts to win the franchise’s only Super Bowl. It’s also just the second Saints-Rams meeting in the playoffs as they met in the Wild Card Round in the 2000 season.