Late-game heroics for the New Orleans Saints were too little too late to knock off their division-rival Atlanta Falcons. Despite posting 18 points in a furious fourth-quarter rally, all it took was a mistimed jump by rookie cornerback Paulson Adebo to allow a 64-yard catch-and-run by Cordarrelle Patterson to set up Younghoe Koo’s game-winning chip shot field goal.
It was dramatic. For most of the afternoon it was sloppy. It got the Falcons to .500 and cost the Saints an opportunity to take the top spot in the NFC South. Between a flurry of dropped passes by the Saints receivers throughout the game and 10 penalties against New Orleans, the black and gold did as much as they possibly could have to lose. Here’s everything you need to know from the game:
