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The New Orleans Saints will face a team they trounced during a regular season meeting when they host the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC Divisional playoff game next Sunday (Jan. 13) at 3:40 p.m. CT.

The Eagles upset the Chicago Bears on Sunday (Jan. 6) in the last of four NFL wild-card games.

As the No. 1 seed with home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs, the Saints were assured of playing the wild-card winner with the lower seed. The Eagles have the lowest possible seed at No. 6.

The Dallas Cowboys, seeded at No. 4, will play Saturday in Los Angeles against the No. 2 Rams.

The Saints' 546 total yards against the Eagles in Week 11 were the most gained this season. Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes and Mark Ingram rushed for two scores. The Saints won 48-7.

During the third quarter, Ingram, Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas were spotted on the Superdome video boards dancing on the sideline to New Orleans rappers Master P and Choppa’s “Choppa Style.”

Also in that game, former Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins flashed an obscene gesture toward Sean Payton after Brees threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Alvin Kamara in the fourth quarter with Jenkins in coverage.



After that loss, the Eagles turned around their season by winning five of the final six regular season games to slip into the playoffs with a 9-7 record. In the wild-card playoff against the Bears, the Eagles won 16-15 and the Bears' Cody Parkey missed a potential winning field goal off the left upright.

The Eagles have Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles back at quarterback with the starter Carson Wentz dealing with a back injury.

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