New Orleans Saints have won six straight Monday Night Football games
12/24/11 2:58PM
Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Saints have won six straight Monday Night Football games, dating back to 2008, which is the longest streak in the NFL according to ESPN.com. That streak includes a dominating 49-24 victory over the New York Giants last month, and they Saints are hoping to keep it alive Monday against the Atlanta Falcons in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Saints Coach Sean Payton has a simple explanation for the Saints' Monday night streak: The Saints have simply been a good team in general over that stretch.

"I think we've been able to that because I think we're a better football team than maybe in years past," Payton said. "And we get comfortable to a schedule or a routine, I think, like all the teams do. I think it comes down to the execution and understanding how to focus for that three-hour period to play your best football. And chances are the team that does that this upcoming Monday night will be the team that's most successful."