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

And the year the Saints won the Super Bowl, no team had lost three straight games heading into the post season yet still made it to Miami.

You can find a stat to support any argument or theory.

If the Saints play the game the way we all know they are capable of and stop with pre-snap penalties or dumb defensive penalties that keep the defense on the field or nullify a turnover or sack then the Saints can beat anyone, anywhere.

They were not supposed to be able to go into Seattle and win but went in with a back up and won...the list is long on the things the Saints are not supposed to be able to do but play Saints football and let coach worry about the things he can affect during the playoffs.