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By Doug Mouton / WWL-TV Sports Director
NEW ORLEANS — Sunday afternoon the marquee matchup of the division playoff weekend, Drew Brees against Tom Brady again.
Of course, the Saints are 2 and 0 against the Bucs this season and you always hear it's hard to beat a team three times but the Saints have actually been in this position one time before.
Three years ago in the 2017 wildcard round, they faced Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers for the third time that season. The Saints had won both regular-season games and in the wildcard game, Zach Line's touchdown put New Orleans ahead 21 to 6. The Panthers stormed back, but when it was over Mike Thomas was flexing and the Saints won by five and they beat the Panthers three times that season.
Our four takeaways from Sunday's wildcard win.
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