The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

TODAY’S NFC DIVISIONAL GAME

- — ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAINTS AT VIKINGS

Kickoff: 4:40 p.m., Fox

Records: New Orleans 12-5; Minnesota 13-3 Stats, streaks and notes:

Vikings have won two of three postseason matchups with Saints, 1987 wild-card game in New Orleans and 2000 divisional­round game in Minnesota. Saints won 2009 NFC final at home . ... Vikings are 13-3 at home in history against Saints, including the one playoff victory . ... Saints QB Drew Brees passed for 376 yards against Panthers, his second-highest total of season . ... Saints rookie Alvin Kamara, who had secondmost receptions (81) in league by RB in regular season, had only one catch against Panthers . ... Saints FB Zach Line, who spent four seasons with Vikings, had TD run last week . ... 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 seasonopen­ing loss at Minnesota, when Sam Bradford was Vikings QB and passed for 346 yards and three TDs without turnover on 27 of 32 completion­s for careerhigh 143.0 rating . .... Vikings allowed 27 sacks in regular season, seventh-fewest in league . ... Jordan, who had career-high 13 sacks in regular season, is son of former Vikings TE Steve Jordan, who was six-time Pro Bowl pick and caught TD pass in 1987 win in playoffs against Saints . ... Vikings’ record against spread in regular season was best in NFL . ... This is Vikings QB Case Keenum’s first career start in playoffs and first playoff game at U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in 2016 and is site of next month’s Super Bowl . ... Vikings WR Stefon Diggs had TD catch in each of last three games. He had two TDs and 93 yards in opener against Saints.

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