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The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -The bag heads?
Not here. Not now.
While the Louisiana Superdome has long been a classic big-game venue, the New Orleans Saints' late-season schedule has historically contributed little to the iconic stadium's lore.
On Sunday, however, two teams that were expected to be fading from playoff contention will play before a sellout crowd in a game with postseason implications.
The upstart 49ers are trying to rebound from a close loss that many thought should have wound up as San Francisco's fourth-straight victory. As it is, the Niners (5-6) are only one game out in the NFC wild-card race.
But to stay in it, they'll have to win in the raucous, refurbished Superdome, a stadium now conspicuously devoid of embarrassed fans wearing grocery bags on their heads as the Saints (7-4) have surged surprisingly to the top of the NFC South standings.
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