It almost seemed too good to be true. The 7-1 New Orleans Saints were at home to the 1-7 Atlanta Falcons. If you were alive into Week 10 of your knockout pool, you had to believe it was a free square into Week 11.
When something is too good to believe, there usually is a catch. In the case Sunday, it came with the Falcons’ defense bouncing back off a bye and looking like it wanted to save Coach Dan Quinn’s job.
After notching a league-low seven sacks in their first eight games, Atlanta dropped Drew Brees six times.