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Deke: Saints can't afford another ugly start  Ask any head coach
or player in the NFL about going to play a game on the road, and
one of the first things they will tell you is that they need to
get off to a good start. If the Saints are going to go marchin'
in to the NFC title game, they need to get off to a great start.
In their 34-7 loss at Seattle in December, the Saints could not
have gotten off to a worse start than they did.  The first three
drives of the game for the Saints offense were flat out bad and
things only got worse from that point. Seattle won the coin toss
and deferred to the second half, so the Saints got the ball
first.  The first play of the game was a sign of things to come
for the Black and Gold offense: Pierre Thomas took a handoff and
was tackled four yards behind the line of scrimmage.  So
already, the Saints were facing a 2nd and 14 at their own 16
yard line.