Saints’ sloppiness costly in narrow loss to Falcons
3 years, 1 month ago

Saints’ sloppiness costly in narrow loss to Falcons

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — There were only so many mistakes the sloppy Saints could overcome. “That’s really what it all boiled down to.” New Orleans missed a chance to draw even with the idle Tampa Bay Buccaneers after beating them 36-27 a week ago. The Saints dropped five passes in the first half, committed costly holding penalties and kept giving up huge plays to Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who threw for a season-high 343 yards. Needing to prevent the Falcons from reaching field-goal range with a minute to go, the Saints allowed Ryan to find Cordarrelle Patterson deep in single coverage against rookie cornerback Paulson Adebo, who then missed the tackle as Patterson narrowly stayed inbounds and raced to the New Orleans 11 before safety Marcus Williams pushed him out of bounds. “We didn’t do the things that winning teams do consistently in our league, and we’ve got to get that corrected.” Atlanta led 10-0 after Ryan went 7 for 8 on a 92-yard drive right before halftime, converted three third downs with a scramble and two completions.

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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