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Originally Posted by Hern
Right!!!
Ultimately the 9ers winning screwed the Saints more than it screwed the Hawks.
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No question.
Brees NEEDED that week off in a big way. Just as Brady did.
Both of those guys were clearly working with dead arms and a week without practice could've helped them a lot.
Credit is due to the 49ers in that regard - by winning that game they effectively torpedoed the ceiling of their biggest hurdle. Even had NO won that game, they were done the following week. They needed more than Brees had to offer and the only thing that could've changed that was giving Brees some time to recharge.
The 49ers probably still make the NFCCG but they end up playing @ NO instead of at home vs. a team that had a clear matchup advantage against in GB.
They didn't back into it - they won the game they had to. But man it took some weird shit for it to happen and in the process the myth of the dominant NFC was destroyed, IMO.