Can Cowboys Spoil Saints Perfection?
(Sports Network) – Motivation should not be hard to come by at the Louisiana Superdome on Saturday night, when the New Orleans Saints play host to the Dallas Cowboys in a matchup between two of the NFL’s most compelling teams in 2009. The Saints, who have 13 wins for the first time in franchise history and have already sewn up the NFC South title and a first-round bye, can lay claim to homefield advantage throughout the NFC portion of the playoffs with a victory and a Minnesota loss at Carolina on Sunday night. From a historical perspective, New Orleans can become the first team in NFC history to start 14-0 in a season, a milestone that the Saints – who have loudly declared their intention to finish 16-0 – clearly want to achieve. New Orleans is in this position thanks in part to its ability to live dangerously and still find a way to win over the past two weeks. In Week 13, the Saints looked to be dead to rights against the Washington Redskins, but a missed chip-shot field goal by the
