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Falcons-Saints Capsule

NFL, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings

ATLANTA (5-9) at NEW ORLEANS (6-8)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE -- Saints by 6½

RECORD VS. SPREAD -Atlanta 7-7, New Orleans 6-8

SERIES RECORD -- Falcons lead 47-43

LAST MEETING -- Falcons beat Saints 37-34, OT, Sept. 7, 2014

LAST WEEK -- Falcons lost to Steelers 27-20; Saints beat Bears 31-15

AP PRO32 RANKING -- Falcons No. 24, Saints No. 20

FALCONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (7), RUSH (24), PASS (5)

FALCONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (32), RUSH (20), PASS (32)

SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (2), RUSH (9), PASS (3)

SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (31), RUSH (29), PASS (26T)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Falcons must win to avoid elimination from NFC South. ... Atlanta is 4-13 vs. New Orleans since 2006, when Sean Payton became Saints coach and Drew Brees became Saints QB. ... Game features top two passing offenses in NFC with Saints passing for 301.8 yards per game and Falcons passing for 286.1. ... Falcons QB Matt Ryan completed 31 of 43 (72.1 percent) for 448 yards with three TDs vs. no INTS in Week 1 victory over Saints. ... WR Julio Jones had seven catches for 116 yards receiving in last meeting. ... In his past two games, Jones has 21 catches for 448 yards and two TDs, but did not play last week because of hip injury. ... CB Robert McClain had INT in last meeting. ... S Kemal Ishmael leads team with four INTs. . Saints have lost four straight at home. ... QB Drew Brees has won seven of eight starts at home vs. Atlanta. ... Last week, Brees completed 29 of 36 passes (80.6 percent) for 375 yards with three TDs vs. no INTs. ... Brees has 4,358 yards passing, marking his NFL-record ninth consecutive 4,000-yard season. ... RB Mark Ingram had TD last week and needs 131 yards rushing for first career 1,000-yard season. ... RB Pierre Thomas had five catches for 83 yards last week. ... . TE Josh Hill had two TDs last week. ... WR Kenny Stills is second on team with 781 yards receiving, behind only TE Jimmy Graham, who has 782. . LB Junior Galette has 15 sacks in past 18 games, including two sacks and forced fumble last week. ... Recently acquired S Pierre Warren had two INTs last week.

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