NFC Powerhouses Show Some Vulnerability
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The Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints were supposed to be the two best teams in the NFC. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins were supposed to be among the worst. But yesterday neither Chicago nor New Orleans looked like a Super Bowl contender, as the Bears needed overtime to beat the Buccaneers, and the Saints lost at home to the Redskins.
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