LOS ANGELES RAMS (14-3) AT NEW ORLEANS (14-3)
Sunday, 3:05 p.m., Fox OPENING LINE: Saints by 3½ SERIES: Rams, 41-34
LAST MEETING: Saints, 45-35, Nov. 4
RAMS OFFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (5)
RAMS DEFENSE: OVERALL
(19), RUSH (23), PASS (14) SAINTS OFFENSE: OVERALL
(8), RUSH (6), PASS (12) SAINTS DEFENSE: OVERALL
(14), RUSH (2), PASS (29) NOTES: Saints have won two of past three overall and only previous playoff meeting in Superdome in wild-card round of 2000 season . ... Rams’ 421.1 yards and 32.9 points per game led NFC . ... Rams had four players voted to Pro Bowl: QB Jared Goff, LB Cory Littleton, and two AP All-Pros, DT Aaron Donald, RB Todd Gurley. Donald was only unanimous All-Pro . ... Goff’s
4,688 yards passing ranked fourth in NFL. He completed 28 of 40 for 391 yards, three TDs and INT in Week 9 loss at New Orleans . ... Gurley led NFL with
21 scrimmage TDs. ranked fourth with 1,831 scrimmage yards in regular season. He has 100-plus yards rushing in each of previous two playoff games . ... C.J. Anderson has four TDs rushing in past four playoff games . ... Rams WR Brandin Cooks was Saints’
2014 first-round draft choice. Cooks played first three NFL seasons with Saints, catching
215 passes for 2,861 yards and
20 TDs. He advanced to Super Bowl with Patriots last season. Cooks had 80 catches for 1,204 yards with Rams in 2018, his fourth season with at least
1,000 yards receiving . ... WR Robert Woods led Rams with career highs of 86 receptions for
1,219 yards . ... Saints have won last seven home playoff games, starting with win over Rams under previous coach Jim Haslett. They are 6-0 in home playoff games since coach Sean Payton and QB Drew Brees joined Saints in 2006 . ... Payton has 8-5 playoff record, including 2010 Super Bowl win . ... Saints had five players voted to 2019 Pro Bowl: T Terron Armstead, Brees, DE Cam Jordan, WR Michael Thomas, an All-Pro, and C Max Unger . ... Saints’ 31.5 points per game ranked third in NFL, one of three teams to average 30-plus points . ... Brees had NFL singleseason record 74.4 completion percentage (364 of 489) and led league with 115.7 rating in 2018. Brees,turned 40 on Tuesday and has averaged 322.1 yards passing in 14 postseason games with
31 TDs, 10 INTs.