NFL Saints vs. Falcons Week 17 Picks & Predictions

-Even though he missed one game because of injury for the first time since joining the Saints in 2006, Brees won the NFL passing title for a league-record sixth time in his 15-year career.

Atlanta Falcons Nate Stupar, left, and Adrian Clayborn walk of the field while New Orleans Saints kicker (5) Kai Forbath and his teammates celebrate his game winning field goal for a 20-17 victory over the Falcons as time expires in an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Atlanta.

Sanford cut in front of Devonta Freeman with 1:47 remaining for his first interception since 2011 with the Vikings. Instead, the Falcons were forced to punt, giving the ball back to Brees and the Saints offense at their own 14-yard line with 2:39 to play.

Included in the most recent batch of reports were that Payton has had people inquiring about various jobs and that it may only take a second-round draft pick to get him away from the Saints, who have Payton under contract for the next two seasons. If I feel the need to get you an itinerary, I will. That’s the answer, though. I knew they were running the angle route.

While now still employed, one of the most sought after names in the National Football League coaching rumor mill is New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton.

“Disappointing season overall, defense still bad”.

The Saints completed their sixth sweep of the season series with the Falcons in 10 years under coach Sean Payton.

As for Harbaugh, there’s little to indicate that the Ravens will let their head coach go after a 5-11 season. The team cost itself in the 2016 NFL Draft order by winning the final two games of the regular season, but there are too many holes on the roster to expect that these wins are a trend. That record includes two seasons where the Saints finished 13-3, as well as five years of making it into the NFL Playoffs.

As Domowitch noted, Harbaugh is unlikely to even be available in a trade, and the Eagles would likely have to trade for Payton, which would be hard considering they already don’t have a second-round pick. So we hit the lunch time crowd to get a taste of the local flavor when it comes to opinions on Sean Payton’s future. “We wanted to get lined up, and we have a handful of plays, and then we tried to get into the best one”. I can’t be more clear.

The coach ended the conference when asked a follow-up question.

This is actually a very good theory since the Saints are likely looking to extend Brees who is heading into the final year of his contract and expressed his desire to stay in New Orleans as well as be open to an extension.

“I feel like we are about to make a jump”, Brees said. “I think he has a quarterback here who is going to be able to do what he wants to do if he is the guy”.

Jones passed San Francisco’s Jerry Rice, who had been second with 1,848 yards in 1995.

Ryan threw first-half scoring passes to third-string tight end Tony Moeaki and Freeman. A 6-yard pass from Ryan to Justin Hardy would have left the Falcons with a field goal of about 46 yards, but Levitre charged in late to the pile near the catch after Hardy was ruled down, drawing the flag and forcing a Falcons punt.

The fourth quarter was filled with mistakes and wasted opportunities by both teams.