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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston became the all-time touchdown leader for the franchise. Colston caught a touchdown pass in the Saints’ Sunday loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Colston now has 56 touchdowns which is good enough for first all-time. Colston’s 56 touchdowns surpassed the previous 55 touchdown mark held by Saints’ great, [...]
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The New Orleans Saints’ offensive line has been one of the best in the NFL for the past few seasons but right now they are a little banged up. The Saints are dealing with injuries to tackles Zach Strief, Charles Brown, and now you can add rookie tackle Bryce Harris to the list. Harris suffered [...]
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1. Houston Texans (10-1)
Last week: 1
The Texans benefited from some shoddy officiating (Justin Forsett was clearly down on an 81-yard touchdown run) and a soon-to-be changed NFL rule (review of the play was negated when Lions head coach Jim Schwartz threw the challenge flag on a scoring play) in their 34-31 overtime win over the Lions last Thursday. Still, at 10-1, the Texans remain the league’s top team, even with a special teams unit that ranks 32nd in Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric . Houston can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Titans or a combination of losses or ties by the Dolphins, Steelers and/or Bengals on Sunday
2. Atlanta Falcons (10-1)
Last week: 2
It wasn’t pretty, but the Falcons improved to 10-1 with a 24-23 win on the road against the upstart Buccaneers last Sunday. One key to the win was the healthy return of linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, who had missed the three previous games with a sprained ankle. During Weatherspoon’s absence, the Falcons allowed 117 rushing yards per game. Weatherspoon and Co. limited Doug Martin and the Bucs to just 50 rushing yards on 21 attempts. The Falcons can clinch the NFC South this week with a win and loss or tie by the Buccaneers.
3. New England Patriots (8-3)
Last week: 3
New England scored on offense, defense and special teams in a 52-second stretch of last Thursday night’s 49-19 thumping of the Jets. The Patriots are now No. 2 in Football Outsiders’ team DVOA and have one of the 12 best DVOAs in the history of the metric, which looks as far back as 1991. The Patriots can clinch the AFC East with a win over the Dolphins on Sunday.
4. San Francisco 49ers (8-2-1)
Last week: 4
All Colin Kaepernick has done in his first two NFL starts is go 32-of-48 for 474 yards with three touchdowns and one interception with 37 yards and a touchdown on the ground in helping the 49ers beat the Bears (and their opportunistic defense) on Monday Night Football before going on the road and leading the team to a win over the red-hot Saints. Jim Harbaugh has been coy about who his starting quarterback is, but we all know that it’s Kaepenick.
5. Denver Broncos (8-3)
Last week: 5
Denver scored a season-low 17 points in Week 12, but that was enough to beat the lowly Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium. The Broncos defense doesn’t get enough credit for the team’s 8-3 mark, but that unit ranks fifth in Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric and leads the NFL with 37 sacks. Denver can clinch the AFC West with a win over the Buccaneers on Sunday.
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Years of futility have given way to a pair of up-tempo franchises playing games that actually mean something.
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The New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons will be squaring off for the second time in the month of November. In their first meeting the Saints were able to beat the Falcons with a final score of 31-27. However, the Saints won at home in that first game and this time they will be [...]
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Here comes “Rivalry Week” in New Orleans, with the Atlanta Falcons lined up to play the Black and Gold this Thursday night.
But let’s face it, Who Dat Nation, are they really our rivals anymore?
To me, a rivalry is a continuous back-and-forth between teams as it pertains to wins and losses. Maybe there would be a three- or four-game stretch of wins for teams on either side, but overall, it is a tit-for-tat fight between rivals.
The Falcons-Saints “rivalry” has been very one-sided lately, and by “lately,” I mean since 2000.
Since that year, the Saints have won 17-out-of-25 games versus their divisional opponent in Georgia. If you take out the lost, Hurricane Katrina season of 2005 when Atlanta swept a team that had more pressing needs than football, that makes it even more dominating for the boys in black and gold.
Everyone knows the “11-2 in last 13 games” stat, but I’ll give you an even better one.
Since 2000, the Saints have scored less than 20 points in only two games versus the Falcons, and only one of those was a lost. (During the Katrina season, mind you.)
That stat could mean bad news for an Atlanta team that has struggled offensively lately against a very improved Saints defense, because we know, with both Falcons starting corners possibly out, that Brees and co. will put up points.
There is one thing that this divisional “doormat” has been good at since 2006.
Getting “swept.”
The Saints have “swept” both games in a year four times in that six-year stretch.
Now, I know that there is a hate for the Falcons in Who Dat Nation that can not be explained, but that doesn’t give them the right to be our rival.
You have to earn that moniker.
Until then, they will always be the Saints’ “little brothers,” as Scott Shanle so affectionately said after New Orleans’ win over Atlanta earlier in the year.
You want a new “rival,” Who Dat Nation?
Look no further than Tampa Bay or Carolina.
Doesn’t matter which one you pick, it’s always a see-saw battle, year-in and year-out, for wins. The Saints are 6-7 versus the Panthers since ’06 and 7- versus the Buccaneers in that same time.
At least when those teams lose to New Orleans, they own up to it. Most of the Falcons players, Roddy White in particular, have about as much class as a pouty, eight-year-old after a loss.
They can’t give the Saints credit on anything, saying that Atlanta “gave” them the game.
You know what I say to that?
I hope they give the Saints credit when they sweep those dirty-bird doormats for the fifth time in seven years on Thursday night.
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- The Saints aim for their fifth win in a row vs. Atlanta.
- Since joining the Saints in 2006, QB Drew Brees is 11-2 vs. Atlanta with a 100.6 QB rating. Brees averages 302.8 yards per game in those thirteen and has 29 TDs.
- RB Chris Ivory had a 56-yard rush TD in last meeting.
- RB Darren Sproles had TD catch in last meeting.
- TE Jimmy Graham has 5 TDs in his past four meetings and aims for fifth in a row vs. the Falcons with a TD.
- In his last meeting, Graham had 7 catches for 146 yards with 2 TDs and was named NFC Offensive Player of Week.
- WR Marques Colston as 8 TDs in past eight games.
- QB Matt Ryan is the only quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win 31 of his first 35 home starts.
- In his last game vs. the Saints, Ryan had 411 yards and 3 TDs.
- In his career, the Falcons are 30-1 (.968) when Matt Ryan has a 100+ QB rating.
- RB Michael Turner aims for third in a row at home with a rush TD.
- In the last meeting, TE Tony Gonzalez had 11 catches for 122 yards and 2 TDs.
- In his past two meetings, WR Julio Jones has 12 catches for 203 yards and a TD. He had 6 catches for 147 yards and a TD last week.
- WR Roddy White aims for third game in a row vs. NO with 100+ yards.
- In his past two meetings, White has 18 catches for 241 yards (120.5 per game).
- LB Stephen Nicholas had a sack in last meeting.
- CB Asante Samuel had an INT in last meeting.
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SAINTS |
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SERIES LEADER |
45-41 |
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STREAKS |
Past 4 & 11 of past 13 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Vitt: 1-0 |
Smith: 2-7 |
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LAST WEEK |
L 31-21 vs. 49ers |
W 24-23 at Buccaneers |
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LAST GAME |
11/11/12: Falcons 27 at Saints 31. New Orleans TE Jimmy Graham catches 7 passes for 146 yards & 2 TDs (29, 14) as Saints defeat Atlanta. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
11/13/11: Saints 26, Falcons 23 (OT). New Orleans K John Kasay converts 4 FGs, including game-winning 26-yarder in OT. |
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BROADCAST |
NFLN (8:20 PM ET): Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan (Field reporter). Dial Global Radio: Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (DGR), 94 (NO), 93 (Atl.). XM: 88 (DGR), 225 (NO), 226 (Atl.). |
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