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“The best thing for us since we got put in the hole is to kind of put our head down and take it step by step and game by game,” safety Kenny Vaccaro said. “At 3-4, we don’t even need to be thinking about playoffs. We need to be thinking about the New York Giants this weekend.”

New York, which improved to 4-3 by beating injury-ridden Dallas 27-20 on Sunday (despite getting giving up 233 rushing yards while getting outgained 460-289), is the only team above. 500 New Orleans will face in November. After getting the Giants in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Saints finish out the month at home against Tennessee (1-5) and at Washington (3-4) and Houston (2-5).

The NFC South title appears out of reach with Carolina yet to lose, but the wild-card race may be open to all comers. Only six NFC teams have winning records, and one of them, Minnesota (4-2), has scored the sixth-fewest points in the league.

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“It’s a funky year so far,” center Max Unger said. “We have a lot of undefeated teams and a lot of teams at or below .500. It’s a tight race, but at the same time, you don’t really pay much attention to it. Our goal is to win games, and if we do that, obviously our goals will be there at the end of the season.”




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