It's been 7 years since a team made the Super Bowl without a 1st Round bye. And it gets worse.

GTSaint said
Yes. And before 2009, no team had ever lost the last 3 regular season games and won the Super Bowl.
Saints do a lot of things that are not usually done or have never been done before.
Bring it on.

We were also the first team to lose to Tampa and win the Super Bowl in the same season. So lots of firsts happen.