San Francisco 49ers 36, New Orleans Saints 32: recap

NOLA.com

The second round of the NFL Playoffs begins today. What looks like the best game on paper leads things off. The Saints head to California to take on perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the 2011 season, Jim Harbaugh's The second round of the NFL Playoffs begins today. What looks like the best game on [...]

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San Francisco 49ers notebook: Justin Smith picks up first playoff win in 11 …

San Jose Mer

Saints now boast high-powered offense and 49ers have the stout defense. The New Orleans Saints will play Saturday in the divisional playoff against the San Francisco 49ers without tight end John Gilmore (toe) and wide receiver Lance Moore (hamstring), according to the team's final injury report. AP, San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis (85) [...]

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NFL Playoff Schedule 2012: Divisional Round – Game Times, TV Broadcast Info …

SB Nation

By Danny Kelly – Newsdesk contributor The NFL Playoffs roll on this Saturday and Sunday as we get to the divisional round of the greatest tournament on Ear By Danny Kelly – Newsdesk contributor The NFL Playoffs roll on this Saturday and Sunday as we get to the divisional round of the greatest tournament on [...]

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Broncos QB Tim Tebow emerges as face of faith and sports

Denver Post

Broncos: Out (0% chance of playing): WR Eric Decker – Tebow's 2nd favorite receiver as of late. Big loss for the Broncos. LS Lonie Paxton – Out for personal reasons. Best of luck to the former Patriot. Big hit to the Broncos Saturday's NFL playoff game between Tim Tebow's Denver Broncos and the Tom Brady-led [...]

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Broncos QB Tim Tebow emerges as face of faith and sports

Denver Post

The Friday Injury Report for the Division Playoff game between the Broncos and Patriots. (AP) – The Denver Broncos will be without long snapper Lonie Paxton for their divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots on Saturday night. Ed Andrieski, AP Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker will miss their game against the New [...]

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Calvin Johnson, Jared Allen top All-Pros

ESPN

Calvin Johnson is the only Lions player on the 2011 NFL All-Pro Team. Game planning Calvin Johnson: Saints' defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is a pressure-based coach, but as I talked about on Thursday, he will play some Cover 2 vs. Johnson. The Saints have to get a re-route on the Lions' WR at the line [...]

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New Orleans Saints roar past the Detroit Lions in record fashion

NOLA.com

By Times-Picayune Staff It's no secret that the city's professional basketball team is forever fated to play second fiddle to the beloved New Orleans Saints. New Orleans Hornets President Hugh Weber and General Manager Dell Demps got the latest Both cities have endured callous dismissal by outsiders. Saints will play at San Francisco next Saturday [...]

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New Orleans Saints roar past the Detroit Lions in record fashion

NOLA.com

Both cities have endured callous dismissal by outsiders. By Times-Picayune Staff It's no secret that the city's professional basketball team is forever fated to play second fiddle to the beloved New Orleans Saints. New Orleans Hornets President Hugh Weber and General Manager Dell Demps got the latest SB Nation is a collection of over 300 [...]

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Detroit Lions' secondary torched in 45-28 NFC wild-card loss against New …

MLive.com

Teams need their best players to come up big when the playoffs begin and that is just what happened with Calvin Johnson when the Detroit Lions faced off with the Saints. Calvin Johnson had never played in a playoff game before but he proved that the By Anwar S. Richardson | MLive.com NEW ORLEANS — [...]

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NFL Playoff Live Blog: Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints

Wall Street

Everyone else on Saints' report is listed as probable. If you are looking for the team playing this week that can make the most noise going deep into the postseason, it's the New Orleans Saints. OK, we are now taking emails saying, “Duh, way to go out on a limb.” Colorful adjectives are also accepted, [...]

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