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Monday, Nov. 2
ATLANTA (4-2) AT NEW ORLEANS (6-0)
8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
OPENING LINE – Saints by 8 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Atlanta 4-2; New Orleans 6-0
SERIES RECORD – Falcons lead 44-35
LAST MEETING – Saints beat Falcons 29-25, Dec. 7, 2008
LAST WEEK – Falcons lost to Cowboys 37-21; Saints beat Dolphins 46-34
FALCONS OFFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (19), PASS (17)
FALCONS DEFENSE – OVERALL (25), RUSH (23) PASS (26)
SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (3), PASS (6)
SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (8), PASS (14)
n past two games. … RB Michael Turner has seven of Falcons’ eight TDs rushing. … Saints lead NFL with 39.7 points per game. … Saints are first team in NFL history to score 45 or more points in four of first six games. … Drew Brees has won five of six starts vs. Falcons as Saints QB. … Brees has at least two TD passes in last five games vs. Falcons. … WR Marques Colston has 100-plus yards in three of past four divisional games and has nine TDs in his last nine games. … S Darren Sharper had 42-yard interception for TD last week, giving him 11 career INTs for TDs and 1,353 career INT return yards, both second all-time in NFL behind Hall of Famer Rod Woodson. … CB Tracy Porter had 54-yard INT for TD last week. … Saints have five defensive TDs this season, four on interceptions and one on a fumble.
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