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Seattle -- In one sense, the New Orleans Saints are reliant upon remembering history so it doesn't repeat itself. In another, the Saints can't lean on their most recent performance and simply hope history will repeat itself.

Sean Payton, Drew Brees and the rest of the gang haven't forgotten how the Seahawks dismantled them 34-7 on Dec. 2. Yet they're buoyed by their 26-24 win at Philadelphia in the wild-card round of the playoffs, exorcizing road demons along the way.

"I think that you look closely at the film," Payton said. "You have a ton of film to watch and you are looking to correct the errors and get ready to play a team that is going to be rested and a team that had an outstanding season, an amazing season."

The Saints showed as much grit and guts as they've displayed all season by pulling off the last-second win at the Eagles. The Saints' offense uncharacteristically dominated in the running game, and the defense characteristically shut down the opposing offense.

"We can't take what happened last week and be like we're going to duplicate that again," guard Jahri Evans said. "It's a different game plan and a different team."

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