Let’s be blunt about what we want from the NFC playoffs: The Saints to lose. New Orleans fans have, over the last few seasons, weaponized pettiness to the point where no accomplishment or Falcons failure passes without comment, and that disdain is very mutual. We don’t want the Saints to go to the Super Bowl in Atlanta, and we definitely don’t want them to win it.
Viewed through that lens, the NFC playoffs are just a question of who has the best shot of beating the Saints, and our rooting interest pours toward that team.