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Linebacker Scott Fujita became a team leader in his first season in New Orleans, placing second on the team with 96 tackles. “We’re knocking on heaven’s door right now, to be one win away from the Super Bowl,” said the 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pounder who left Dallas as a free agent. “I can’t even sleep at night. I don’t want to sound cheesy or anything, but that’s how excited I am about this opportunity.” Fujita was a walk-on at California as a safety. The Chiefs drafted him in the fifth round in 2002 and traded him to Dallas in 2005. “I had a tough road to get this point, being a tall, skinny beanpole and having a neck operation,” he said. “To go through this with these teammates . . . it’s a culmination of everything.”