By Sam Farmer | LA Times
Thanksgiving is over, and holiday music is beginning to fill the air.
In the NFL, that means it’s the stretch run of the regular season. And in this year’s version of postseason musical chairs, a lot of the seats are already taken.
The New York Times has crunched the numbers, and nine of the 12 playoff spots are all but claimed. The New Orleans Saints are the only team that has claimed one for sure, locking up the NFC South and a home playoff game with Thursday night’s victory over Atlanta.
The Saints, who lost to the Rams in last season’s NFC title game, distributed T-shirts to players after Thursday’s victory that read: “The South is Not Enough.”
“This was objective No. 1, obviously, to win the division,” New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees told reporters. “But I think you know our mind-set and the group of guys we have in there, and just kind of how we’ve progressed each and every year. We’ve got bigger fish to fry, so to speak.”
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