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Saints to Host Bears on Sunday for Wild Card Weekend

The Bears and Saints play on Sunday afternoon, which gives them a chance to get Alvin Kamara back.

John Hendrix

The Saints will be playing on Wild Card Weekend. They'll play on CBS during the 3:40 p.m. CT time slot on Sunday. New Orleans did its part by taking care of the Panthers, but couldn't get help from the Bears. Seattle also did its part by beating the 49ers.

Here's how the NFC playoff picture shapes out, as we await the results from tonight's Redskins-Eagles game on who gets the NFC East. 

  1. Packers (13-3)
  2. Saints (12-4)
  3. Seahawks (12-4)
  4. NFC East (TBD)
  5. Bucs (11-5)
  6. Rams (10-6)
  7. Bears (8-8)

The Football Team can win the NFC East with a win over the Eagles or ending the game in a tie and having Dallas lose or tie. If they lose, the Giants will get in.

The Saints have played the Bears twice in the postseason and are 0-2, both being road games and only once in the Sean Payton Era from the 2006 season. The previous meeting came in 1991 during the 1990 season. 

Alvin Kamara could play in this game, assuming he doesn't further develop symptoms and can get off the COVID-19/Reserve list.

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John Hendrix
JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net

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