NFC divisionalround game
Who: New Orleans (12-5) at Minnesota (13-3). When/where: 3:40 p.m. today; U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis. TV/radio: Fox; 610 AM. Line: Vikings by 5½. Last meeting: Vikings won 29-19 on Sept. 11. Saints’ NFL rankings: Offense second overall, rushing fifth, passing fifth; defense 17th overall, rushing 16th, passing 15th. Vikings’ NFL rankings: Offense 11th overall, rushing seventh, passing 11th; defense first overall, rushing second, passing second. Noteworthy: Vikings have won two of three postseason matchups with Saints — 1987 wild-card game in New Orleans and 2000 divisional-round game in Minnesota. Saints won 2009 NFC Championship Game at home. … Saints are 7-4 in six appearances in playoffs under coach Sean Payton. They are 1-4 on road, excluding neutral-site win in Super Bowl 44. … Saints’ defense ranked eighth in NFL in sacks per pass attempt in regular season and sacked Panthers’ Cam Newton four times last week, including one by team leader Cameron Jordan. … Jordan had only sack for Saints in season-opening loss at Minnesota, when Sam Bradford was Vikings QB and passed for 346 yards and three TDs without a turnover on 27-of-32 accuracy for career-high 143.0 rating. … Vikings allowed 27 sacks in regular season, seventh fewest in league. … Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is 0-1 in playoffs. Chronicle news services