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Seahawks fans, make your picks for this weekend’s playoffs

Found January 13, 2012 on Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle...:
PLAYERS: Drew Brees,  Alex Smith
TEAMS: Seattle Seahawks,  New Orleans Saints,  San Francisco 49ers
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Breaking news: The Seahawks are not in the playoffs. But the NFL postseason lives on, even though everyone has already crowned Tim Tebow the lone Super Bowl champion. Seattle sports fans may be most interested in Saturday’s match-up between the New Orleans and San Francisco. Can Drew Brees and the Saints travel to San Francisco and hand the Seahawks’ NFC West rivals a loss? Or will Alex Smith and the 49ers defense hold off the nation’s best passing team? The spread is New Orleans by 4. Then there’s the Denver-New England contest, which will probably be the most-watched game this weekend. Saturday’s match-up pits America’s darling, Tebow — oh, and [...]
Original Story: http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/20...
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