The Saints take on Carolina Sunday for the final game of the regular season. The team is a lock for the playoffs but is holding out hope that the dominos fall just right and the Packers lose their final game of the year to Bears and Seattle tops San Fran, along with a win over Teddy Bridgewater’s Panthers. The Saints have a rare opportunity to sweep the entire division this year with a win.

It’s another meeting with Bridgewater who had a perfect record during limited starts for the Saints last year. This year? Not so much. He’s tossed 15 TDs and nine picks in 14 games played for the Panthers on only 3557 yards passing but does sport a nifty 70 percent pass completion percentage.

The Pelicans continue their early-season tonight hoping to climb back over .500 against the struggling Oklahoma City Thunder. The pels took a brutal beating from Pheonix two nights ago but play a OKC team that’s basically cleaned house for a full-on rebuild and is not close to the same outfit that made the playoffs last year.

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