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New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
New Orleans Saints—Away
Atlanta Falcons—Home

Game details

Location
Atlanta
Venue address
1 AMB Drive, Atlanta, GA 30313, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 11 · 7 days of rest
Atlanta Falcons 1–2 · Home 0–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 20 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · NO 3 games, ATL 3 games
MetricNOATL
Points per game27.010th17.027th
Points allowed per game27.726th22.715th
Total yards per game382.78th340.711th
Passing yards per game305.72nd181.329th
Rushing yards per game101.317th173.02nd
Turnovers per game2.330th2.731st
Sacks allowed per game3.329th2.315th
Penalty yards per game41.34th72.726th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  2. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  3. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Atlanta Falcons: recent results

  1. W 35–14 @ GB Week 3
  2. L 3–34 vs CAR Week 2
  3. L 13–20 @ PIT Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 917 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Travis Etienne Jr. 128 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Chris Olave 375 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Chase Young 1.5 · 1 g

Atlanta Falcons: season leaders

Passing
Michael Penix Jr. 256 yds · 1 g
Rushing
Bijan Robinson 349 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Drake London 274 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Za'Darius Smith 2.5 · 2 g

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

4 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Atlanta Falcons: injury report

  • Out Anterio Thompson NT
  • Out DeAngelo Malone SLB
  • Out Storm Norton RT
  • Out Za'Darius Smith WLB
  • Questionable Divine Deablo RILB
  • Questionable Jake Matthews LT
  • Questionable Samson Ebukam SLB

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 32 · ATL 22 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 NO 17, ATL 19
  2. 2025 · Week 12 ATL 24, NO 10
  3. 2024 · Week 10 ATL 17, NO 20
  4. 2024 · Week 4 NO 24, ATL 26
  5. 2023 · Week 18 ATL 17, NO 48

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 50.9% · ATL 48.7%

Matchup quality 28.0 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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