SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 2022 // 4:25 PM ET // MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM // REFEREE: CRAIG WROLSTAD
ON THE AIRWAVES
TV: FOX (4:25 PM ET): Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin (field reporter)
SIRIUS: 119 (NO), 135 (Atl.) | XM: 384 (NO), 229 (Atl.) | SXM App: 822 (NO), 801 (Atl.)
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER: Falcons lead all-time series, 53-51
STREAKS: Saints have won 3 of past 4
LAST GAME: 11/7/21: Falcons 27 at Saints 25
LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/6/20: Saints 21, Falcons 16
SAINTS NOTES
• QB TAYSOM HILL passed for 222 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 97.6 rating & had 45 rush yards last week. Is 6-2 in 8 career QB starts. Aims for his 9th QB start in row with 30+ rush yards. Passed for 232 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 107 rating & had 83 rush yards in his only career QB start at Atl. (12/6/20).
• RB ALVIN KAMARA had 5 catches & 100 scrimmage yards (68 rec., 32 rush) with 20th-career rec. TD last week. Has 35 games with 100+ scrimmage yards since 2017, 2nd-most in NFL & is 1 of 2 (EZEKIEL ELLIOTT) with 1,100+ scrimmage yards in each of past 5 seasons. Is 1 of 2 (ROGER CRAIG) with 4,000+ rush yards (4,092) & 3,000+ rec. yards (3,247) in his 1st 5 seasons all-time. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Atl. with rush TD.
• WR MARQUEZ CALLAWAY led team with 6 receptions & 97 rec. yards last week. Had rec. TD in Week 9 meeting. Has career-highs in catches (46), rec. yards (698) & rec. TDs (6) in 2021.
• DE CAMERON JORDAN had season-high 3.5 sacks in Week 17 & can become 1st player since 2002 (SIMEON RICE) with 2+ sacks in 4 straight games. Is only player with 7+ sacks in each of past 10 seasons. Ranks 3rd among active players with 106 sacks. Has 14 sacks in his past 8 vs. Atl. LB DEMARIO DAVIS has 8 TFL in his past 6 vs. Atl. Has 100 tackles in 2021, his 7thcareer 100-tackle season. Is 1 of 4 with 10+ TFL in each of past 5 seasons. CB MARSHON LATTIMORE is 1 of 3 with 10+ PD in each of past 5 seasons. Has career-highs in tackles (66) & PD (19) in 2021.
FALCONS NOTES
• QB MATT RYAN ranks 8th all-time in pass yards (59,519) & surpassed HOFer PEYTON MANNING (59,487) for most pass yards by QB in his 1st 14 seasons all-time. Ranks tied-9th all-time (ELI MANNING) with 366 career TD passes. Needs 248 pass yards for 11th-career 4,000-yard season, 5th-most all-time. Passed for 343 yards & had 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs for 135.8 rating in Week 9 meeting.
• RB CORDARRELLE PATTERSON has career-high 1,154 scrimmage yards & is 1 of 2 (AUSTIN EKELER) with 600+ rush yards (607) 500+ rec. yards (547) in 2021. Is 1 of 3 (Ekeler & DEEBO SAMUEL) with 5+ rush TDs (6) & 5+ rec. TDs (5) in 2021. Had 6 catches & 136 scrimmage yards (126 rec., 10 rush) in Week 9 meeting. RB MIKE DAVIS had 3rd rush TD of season last week.
• TE KYLE PITTS has 1,018 rec yards & joined HOFer MIKE DITKA (1,076 in 1961) as only rookie TEs with 1,000+ rec. yards. Has 66 receptions & became 3rd rookie TE (KEITH JACKSON & JEREMY SHOCKEY) with 65+ receptions. WR RUSSELL GAGE has 50+ rec. yards in 5 of his past 6. Had 7 catches in Week 9 meeting.
• LB FOYESADE OLUOKUN aims for his 3rd in row with INT. Leads NFL with career-high 179 tackles, most by player in single-season since 2000. LB DEION JONES has 131 tackles, his 5thcareer 100-tackle season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NO with 10+ tackles. CB A.J. TERRELL had 1st-career sack & 4th-career INT last week. Had 3 PD in last meeting. Has FF in 2 of his 3 career games vs. NO. Has career-high 15 PD in 2021.
