When: Monday, 7:30, ESPN
Line: Saints by 9
Series: Falcons lead 44-35
Last meeting: Saints won 29-25 on Dec. 7, 2008
Last week: Falcons lost to Cowboys 37-21; Saints beat Dolphins 46-34
Falcons update: Falcons seek first win in Superdome since 2002 and first road win vs. Saints since 2005 in San Antonio. … QB Matt Ryan is 11-3 in games played indoors. … WR Roddy White has four TDs in last three games and had 10 catches for 164 yards in last game vs. Saints. … TE Tony Gonzalez has a catch in 137 consecutive games. … S Thomas DeCoud has two INTs and a sack in past two games. … RB Michael Turner has seven of Falcons’ eight TDs rushing.
Saints update: Saints lead NFL with 39.7 points per game. … Saints are first team in NFL history to score 45 or more points in four of first six games. … Drew Brees has won five of six starts vs. Falcons as Saints QB. … Brees has at least two TD passes in last five games vs. Falcons. … WR Marques Colston has 100-plus yards in three of past four divisional games and has nine TDs in his last nine games. … S Darren Sharper had 42-yard interception for TD last week, giving him 11 career INTs for TDs and 1,353 career INT return yards, both second all-time in NFL behind Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.
Sam Farmer’s pick: Saints 45, Falcons 28
