The Atlanta Falcons ' pass rush struggles continued in Sunday's 20-17 loss to the Saints at Caesars Superdome. Perhaps most disappointing for Atlanta, the performance came one week after its most productive performance this season: a three-sack, seven-hit afternoon against the Dallas Cowboys.

It should be no surprise the Atlanta Falcons won’t achieve perfection in their NFC South schedule. Sunday’s 20-17 loss at the New Orleans Saints provided reminders that the Falcons are far from a perfect team.

Missed field goals, bad clock management and some questionable decisions by Kirk Cousins were too much to overcome and the Saints sent the Falcons home with a 20-17 loss in interim coach Darren Rizzi’s debut.

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The New Orleans Saints (2-7) will try to split their season series with the Atlanta Falcons (6-3) when the NFC South rivals meet on Sunday. New Orleans has dropped seven consecutive games, including a 26-24 setback at Atlanta at the end of September.

The Broncos have opened as initial 1.5-point betting favorites against the Falcons, according to odds from BetMGM. The over/under for total points scored between the two teams has been set at 44.0. Denver was listed as a 9.