nola.com - 12/8/2008
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Atlanta Falcons Coach Mike Smith might consider bucking the odds next time he considers giving the ball back to Saints quarterback Drew Brees late in a game. The Saints kept their faint playoff hopes alive with a crucial 29-25 victory Sunday before a sellout crowd of 70,011 at the Superdome, ...
pastthepylon.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008
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Both teams are still on the outside looking
in when it comes to the playoff picture. A...
loss will almost assure the team will be home in the winter months rather than playing on the weekend.
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Saints and Bears Fighting For Their Playoff Lives
nfl.com - 12/7/2008
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It was over when ... Pierre Thomas ran
4 yards for a first down, allowing the Saints...
to keep the ball away from the Falcons in the closing minutes. Game ball Thomas was the Saints' offense in the fourth quarter. He scored on a 7-yard touchdown pass ...
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NFL Game Center: Post Game - Atlanta Falcons at New ...
atlantafalcons.com - 12/8/2008
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Quarterback Matt Ryan “I think we did a
lot of great things offensively. Of course we would...
have loved to get the ball back to have a chance to win the game, but they (Saints) executed to run the clock out. I thought they played harder this time than ...
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Falcons 25 @ Saints 29: Who Dat Say!?
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Cornerback Chris Houston
"I thought we prepared for Brees today and for the most part we did not give up the big play. I haven’t seen the stats yet but it seemed like they mixed it up even with the pass and the run. They took it to us and played a lot better here than in our place. They won this time and we don’t have many days to dwell on this one – we prepare for Tampa starting tomorrow."
Falcons bemoan missed chances
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FALCONS-SAINTS ONE-LINERS
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RB Pierre Thomas’s 102 yards led the way in a season-best 184 yard-performance on the ground for the Saints. After failing to hold two fourth quarter leads , Falcons S Lawyer Milloy said, “We definitely took a step back as a team today.” Trailing 29-24, Falcons coach Mike Smith chose to punt on fourth-and-five from his own 35 with 3:23 left in the game and the Falcons never got the ball back. Saints coach Sean Payton passed up a tying field goal on fourth-and-one from the Falcons’ 7 and FB Mike Karney picked up the first down , setting up the winning touchdown. Said Saints DE Will Smith, “We knew at the end of the game, it was going to ...
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