NFL Playoffs 2009 – Watch Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints Live Divisional Playoff Game on FOX

NFC – Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints
When: Saturday, January 16, 2010 4:30 PM ET
Venue: Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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The New Orleans Saints’ offense hasn’t been clicking lately, but one look at the Arizona Cardinals’ porous defense from wild-card weekend has to have them feeling good about their chances of rediscovering their prolific passing game. To keep up with Arizona’s air attack, they probably have to.

Kurt Warner and the Cardinals won the highest-scoring playoff game in NFL history last week to punch a ticket to the Superdome for Saturday’s divisional showdown, and points should again be plentiful as Drew Brees and the Saints look to shake their late-season rust.

The defending NFC champions were underdogs in their own building going into their wild-card contest against Green Bay on Sunday, but the absence of Anquan Boldin didn’t slow Warner and the Cardinals (11-6) against the conference’s hottest team.

The Saints (13-3) didn’t put up 51 points this season, but scored 45 or more four times in the first six weeks and at least 35 three more times in starting 13-0.

With Brees being mentioned as an MVP front-runner and a perfect regular season in sight, though, New Orleans faded down the stretch. The offense was held to 17 points in home losses to Dallas and Tampa Bay, and with the NFC’s top seed locked up, Brees and the starters rested in a 23-10 loss at Carolina in Week 17.

The Saints have had the NFL’s No. 1 total offense in three of the four seasons since the arrival of Brees and coach Sean Payton, but have just one playoff win.

Arizona and New Orleans have never met in the playoffs. Last time the two teams met was in Week 15 of the 2007 season wherein Drew Brees passed for 315 yards and two touchdowns as the Saints won a shootout against the Cardinals, 31-24. (Source: NFL.COM)

You can watch NFL Playoffs Live Game Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints Live at FOX. The road to Super Bowl 44 live has begun.

UPDATE: Saints beat the Cardinals 45-14 to advance to the NFC Championship title game. Reggie Bush produced two highlight-reel TDs. For Game Video Highlights, go to nfl.com

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Game Recap

Reggie Bush scored on an 83-yard punt return and a 46-yard run, and Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 45-14 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

Next up, New Orleans will host an NFC title game for the first time in franchise history and will face the Vikings for the NFC title game as Minnesota defeated Dallas 34-3 in the divisional round.

Brees threw for 247 yards and touchdowns of 17 yards to Jeremy Shockey, 44 yards to Devery Henderson and 2 yards to Marques Colston.

New Orleans’ defense forced two turnovers, briefly knocking Kurt Warner from the game with a crushing block during Will Smith’s interception return. The 90 points Arizona yielded in the first two rounds of the playoffs set a record for consecutive games in one postseason. (Source)