Falcons falling apart, and Saints gaining fast
 

But the Saints, the team that decisively dealt them their first loss, are as hot as any team in the NFL. They’re 4-4, and they’re breathing down the 6-2 Falcons’ necks in the NFC South. Minutes before the Bucs stopped Matt Ryan on fourth down to clinch the win, the Saints won a shootout in New Orleans over the Giants, 52-49, their third in a row and fourth in their last five.

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