On Sunday, the 13-3 New Orleans Saints will host a wild card playoff game against the Chicago Bears. There are only three teams that have finished an NFL season with such a strong record and still had to play Wild Card Weekend: the 1999 Tennessee Titans, the 2019 Saints, and the 2020 Saints.
Even the 2009 Saints, who were also 13-3 and earned a first round bye along with home field advantage, had one of the tougher roads to the Super Bowl. They had to beat three future Hall of Fame quarterbacks in one postseason as they took on Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, and Peyton Manning on route to their first and only NFL Championship.