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Player X: How to spot a contender
How do you know if a team is for real? Just listen.
Updated: November 19, 2009, 2:52 PM ET
By Player X | ESPN The Magazine
For more info from ESPN The Magazine's top-secret NFL insider columnist on what makes a pretender and a contender -- and if the New Orleans Saints are (a) or (b) -- you must be an ESPN Insider.
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