Saints vs. Falcons: New Orleans Crumbles in Rivalry Game, Playoff Hopes Lost
By Knox Bardeen on November 30, 2012
There weren’t too many things that went right for the New Orleans Saints in the Georgia Dome Thursday night. And just about everything that could have gone wrong did.
The Saints can take some solace in the fact that as poorly as they played, they only lost to the 11-1 Atlanta Falcons 23-13, but the fact that the team lost has repercussions far beyond any one game.
The Saints started the game on defense, and just like many teams have this season, Atlanta came out and punched them in the face with a heavy dose of Michael Turner running the football. Turner carried the ball five times in the first quarter for 67 yards and a touchdown.
And then the Falcons piled on the points.
The Saints can take some solace in the fact that as poorly as they played, they only lost to the 11-1 Atlanta Falcons 23-13, but the fact that the team lost has repercussions far beyond any one game.
The Saints started the game on defense, and just like many teams have this season, Atlanta came out and punched them in the face with a heavy dose of Michael Turner running the football. Turner carried the ball five times in the first quarter for 67 yards and a touchdown.
And then the Falcons piled on the points.
Saints vs. Falcons: Atlanta's Thursday Night Win More Than Just a Normal Victory
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Dating back to Sept. 26, 2006, the Falcons had lost 11 of 13 games to the Saints. Since head coach Mike Smith took over in Atlanta, the Falcons were 2-7 prior to Thursday’s win. They’d also lost the last four games in a row to their NFC South nemeses.
Not only does this victory inch the Falcons back into the rivalry just a bit, but hosting and beating a team that had handily beaten them down so frequently goes a long way toward showing that Atlanta can end negative streaks.
What other negative streak is looming large over the franchise?
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