Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

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Week 8

STL DET	17 10
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SF IND	14 18
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SEA DAL	17 38
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NYG PHI	17 40
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MIA NYJ	30 25
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HOU BUF	31 10
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DEN BAL	7 30
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CLE CHI	6 30
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JAC TEN	13 30
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OAK SD	16 24
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MIN GB	38 26
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CAR ARI	34 21
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ATL NO	27 35
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Fantasy Player Projections

Atlanta Falcons
Player	Projections
QB Matt Ryan	Pass: 240, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB Michael Turner	Rush: 90, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB Verron Haynes	Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR Roddy White	Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR Michael Jenkins	Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR Marty Booker	Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
WR Brian Finneran	Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE Tony Gonzalez	Rec: 6-70, 1 TD

New Orleans Saints
Player	Projections
QB Drew Brees	Pass: 320, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB Reggie Bush	Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 5-40, 1
RB Mike Bell	Rush: 40, 1 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB Pierre Thomas	Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR Marques Colston	Rec: 7-95, 1 TD
WR Devery Henderson	Rec: 2-40, 0 TD
WR Lance Moore	Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
WR Robert Meachem	Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE Jeremy Shockey	Rec: 6-65, 1 TD

Projections by Dave Stringer Email Dave

Game 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 DeCoud 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.

Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Atlanta Falcons
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2009-09-13	MIA	H	W 19-7	+12
2	2009-09-20	CAR	H	W 28-20	+8
3	2009-09-27	NE	A	L 10-26	-16
4		Bye
5	2009-10-11	SF	A	W 45-10	+35
6	2009-10-18	CHI	H	W 21-14	+7
7	2009-10-25	DAL	A	L 21-37	-16
8	2009-11-02	NO	A	L 27-35	-8
9	2009-11-08	WAS	H
10	2009-11-15	CAR	A
11	2009-11-22	NYG	A
12	2009-11-29	TB	H
13	2009-12-06	PHI	H
14	2009-12-13	NO	H
15	2009-12-20	NYJ	A
16	2009-12-27	BUF	H
17	2010-01-03	TB	A

New Orleans Saints
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2009-09-13	DET	H	W 45-27	+18
2	2009-09-20	PHI	A	W 48-22	+26
3	2009-09-27	BUF	A	W 27-7	+20
4	2009-10-04	NYJ	H	W 24-10	+14
5		Bye
6	2009-10-18	NYG	H	W 48-27	+21
7	2009-10-25	MIA	A	W 46-34	+12
8	2009-11-02	ATL	H	W 35-27	+8
9	2009-11-08	CAR	H
10	2009-11-15	STL	A
11	2009-11-22	TB	A
12	2009-11-30	NE	H
13	2009-12-06	WAS	A
14	2009-12-13	ATL	A
15	2009-12-19	DAL	H
16	2009-12-27	TB	H
17	2010-01-03	CAR	A

Injury Report

Atlanta Falcons
Did Not Practice	DT Thomas Johnson (Calf) RB Jerious Norwood (Hip) RB Jason Snelling (Hamstring)
Limited Practice	DE John Abraham (Foot) DT Jonathan Babineaux (Ankle) OT Sam Baker (Ankle) FS Antoine Harris (Knee) FB Ovie Mughelli (Calf) CB Christopher Owens (Shoulder)
Full Practice	MLB Tony Gilbert (Knee) LS Mike Schneck (Back)

New Orleans Saints
Did Not Practice	DT Sedrick Ellis (Knee) WLB Scott Fujita (Calf) CB Tracy Porter (Foot)
Full Practice	K John Carney (Hip) WLB Jonathan Casillas (Hip) CB Malcolm Jenkins (Ankle) MLB Marvin Mitchell (Foot) TE Jeremy Shockey (Shoulder) CB Leigh Torrence (Hamstring) CB Usama Young (Glute)

Offense Stats Comparison

	ATL Offense	NO Offense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points for	23.3	40.3	21.7	NO
Rushing yards	113.3	141.3	115.6	NO
Rushing yards per attempt	3.84	4.64	4.22	NO
Completion %	63.2%	65.0%	61.0%	NO
Passing yards	201.3	251.3	217.6	NO
Passing yards per completion	11.30	12.07	10.80	NO
Passing yards per attempt	7.14	7.85	6.59	NO
Interceptions	1.3	0.3	0.9	NO
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.7	0.8	NO
Sacks allowed	0.0	1.3	2.2	ATL
3rd down conversions	45.8%	39.1%	37.7%	ATL
4th down conversions	100.0%	28.6%	52.9%	ATL

Defense Stats Comparison

	ATL Defense	NO Defense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points against	20.0	19.7	21.7	NO
Rushing yards	119.7	101.7	115.6	NO
Rushing yards per attempt	4.62	4.38	4.22	NO
Completion %	58.5%	54.3%	61.0%	NO
Passing yards	287.7	197.3	217.6	NO
Passing yards per completion	11.87	10.67	10.80	NO
Passing yards per attempt	6.95	5.79	6.59	NO
INT return	0.7	2.0	0.9	NO
Fumble recoveries	1.0	1.0	0.8	-
Sacks	1.7	2.7	2.2	NO
3rd down conversions	46.6%	32.9%	37.7%	NO
4th down conversions	57.1%	57.1%	52.9%	-

Special Teams Stats Comparison

	ATL	NO	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Yards per punt return	6.7	4.2	8.2	ATL
Yards per kick return	28.4	24.4	22.7	ATL
Yards allowed per punt return	13.8	8.1	8.2	NO
Yards allowed per kick return	19.2	24.3	22.7	ATL

Misc Stats Comparison

	ATL	NO	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Penalties	6.3	6.3	6.3	-
Penalty yards	54.7	50.0	52.0	NO

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 of the 2009 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

Weather

Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History

Atlanta Falcons vs. New Orleans Saints
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	8	2000-10-22	NO	ATL	21-19	NO
2000	16	2000-12-17	ATL	NO	7-23	NO
2001	6	2001-10-21	ATL	NO	20-13	ATL
2001	13	2001-12-09	NO	ATL	28-10	NO
2002	8	2002-10-27	ATL	NO	37-35	ATL
2002	11	2002-11-17	NO	ATL	17-24	ATL
2003	7	2003-10-19	NO	ATL	45-17	NO
2003	11	2003-11-16	ATL	NO	20-23	NO
2004	12	2004-11-28	NO	ATL	21-24	ATL
2004	16	2004-12-26	ATL	NO	13-26	NO
2005	6	2005-10-16	ATL	NO	34-31	ATL
2005	14	2005-12-12	NO	ATL	17-36	ATL
2006	3	2006-09-25	ATL	NO	3-23	NO
2006	12	2006-11-26	NO	ATL	31-13	NO
2007	7	2007-10-21	ATL	NO	16-22	NO
2007	14	2007-12-10	NO	ATL	34-14	NO
2008	10	2008-11-09	NO	ATL	20-34	ATL
2008	14	2008-12-07	ATL	NO	25-29	NO

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2008 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.