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A decade ago: January 2, 2005, Week 17, Panthers vs. Saints for the playoffs...

KSpan

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Similarities between seasons and the teams themselves are there:

- Both the 04 and 14 teams started terribly, only to go on a late winning streak.

- Both teams lost a key member of the DL early in the season (Jenkins in 04, Hardy in 14).

- Both teams had to dig deep for competent RBs (Brandon Bennett with a TD in 04, Ogbonnaya with a TD in 14).

- Both teams were destroyed by the Eagles in Philadelphia.

- Both teams' passing attacks were bolstered by rookies (Colbert in 04, KB in 14).

- Both teams featured Ricky Proehl in a key support role (WR3 in 04, WR coach in 14)

- Both teams' secondaries included 3 young guns and a grizzled vet (Gamble/Manning/Branch/Minter in 04, Norman/Benwikere/Boston/Harper in 14).

- Both winning streaks included an early-December throttling of the Saints at the Superdome (31 points in 04, 41 points in 14)

- Both teams were Smitty-less.

The 04 team ended up surrendering 140 yards to Deuce McAllister at home en route to a heartbreaking 21-18 loss. Will history repeat itself next Sunday?

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