MONDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 2
ATLANTA FALCONS (4-2) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (6-0)
SERIES
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FALCONS |
SAINTS |
SERIES LEADER |
44-35 |
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STREAKS |
5 of past 6 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Smith: 1-1 |
Payton: 5-1 |
LAST WEEK |
L 37-21 at Cowboys |
W 46-34 at Dolphins |
LAST GAME |
12/7/08: Falcons 25 at Saints 29. New Orleans RBs Pierre Thomas (102 yards & 1 TD) & Reggie Bush (10 carries, 80 yards) help the Saints keep pace in crowded NFC South race. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
12/7/08 |
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BROADCAST |
ESPN (7:30 PM CT): Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, Jon Gruden. Westwood One Radio: Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Mark Malone (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 124 (WW1), 126 (Atl.), 125 (NO). XM: 124 (WW1), 103 (Atl.), 102 (NO). |
STATS
PASSING |
Ryan: 120-191-1,360-11-6-90.2 |
Brees: 132-197-1,698 (2C)-14 (1C)-5-106.9 (2C) |
RUSHING |
Turner: 118-403-3.4-7 (T3L) |
Bell: 72-343-4.8-2 |
RECEIVING |
White: 33 (T3C)-435-13.2-5 (T2L) |
Colston: 30-466-15.5-5 (T2L) |
OFFENSE |
322.8 |
427.3 (1L) |
TAKE/GIVE |
+3 |
+8 (3C) |
DEFENSE |
368.3 |
306.7 |
SACKS |
Abraham, Biermann: 3 |
Grant: 4 |
INTs |
DeCoud: 2 |
Sharper: 6 (1L) |
PUNTING |
Koenen: 43.1 |
Morstead (R): 44.2 |
KICKING |
Elam: 30 (18/19 PAT; 4/6 FG) |
Carney: 52 (3C) (28/30 PAT; 8/10 FG) |
NOTES
FALCONS: QB MATT RYAN is 4-1 in Nov. with 6 TDs vs. 1 INT & 109.6 rating. Is 11-3 (.786) in games played indoors. Has 113.9 rating in 2 starts vs. NO. Falcons are 8-0 when Ryan has 100+ rating...RB MICHAEL TURNER aims for 6th division game in row with rush TD. Has 8 rush TDs in past 5 vs. division. Has 531 rush yards (106.2 per game) in past 5 vs. NFC South. When Turner has 19+ carries, his teams are 14-1 (.933). RB JERIOUS NORWOOD had career-long 67-yard TD catch vs. NO (11/9/08)...WR RODDY WHITE has 15 catches for 284 yards (94.7 per game) in past 3 in Nov. Has 4 TDs in past 3. Had 10 catches for 164 yards in last meeting. TE TONY GONZALEZ has 100+ yards in 3 of past 4 Nov. games. Has catch in 137 consecutive games...DE JOHN ABRAHAM has 6.5 sacks in 8 MNF games. Had career-high 4 sacks vs. NO (11/04/01 with NYJ). Has 87 sacks since 2000, 2nd most among active players. S THOMAS DE COUD has 2 INTs & sack in past 2...
SAINTS: Average 39.7 points per game, most in NFL. 1st team in NFL history to score 45+ points in 4 of 1st 6 games...QB DREW BREES has won 5 of 6 starts vs. Atl. with NO. Aims for 6th meeting in row with 2+ TDs. Since joining NO in 2006, leads NFL with 15,608 pass yards. Has 1,775 yards (355 per game), 19 TDs, 3 INTs & 128.5 rating in past 5 vs. NFC. Aims for 4th in row on MNF with 300+ yards...RB-PR REGGIE BUSH has 27 career TDs (15 rush, 8 rec, 4 PR) & is only Saint to score via rush, rec. & PR. Aims for 3rd in row vs. Atl. with TD. RB PIERRE THOMAS had 102 rush yards & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in last meeting...WR MARQUES COLSTON has 100+ yards in 3 of past 4 vs. division. Has 9 TDs in past 9. TE JEREMY SHOCKEY has 447 receptions since 2002, 3rd most in NFL among TEs...S DARREN SHARPER had 42-yard INT-TD last week. Has 11 INT-TDs & 1,353 INT yards, both 2nd in NFL history. DE WILL SMITH has 6 sacks in 10 meetings. CB TRACY PORTER had 54-yard INT-TD last week.