The New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers meet up for the 46th time this afternoon in one of the most meaningful showdowns of their underrated NFC rivalry. Both teams have 8-3 records, and the winner will have the NFC South lead, along with an important victory for potential playoff seeding in a log jammed conference near the top as the season enters the final quarter of the regular season.
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These two have been going at each other since the Panthers 1995 arrival into the league as division rivals, first in the NFC West, then since the 2002 inception of the NFC South.