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With little room for error in the NFC South, the Atlanta Falcons can't be too pleased with their first two-game losing streak under head coach Mike Smith.

Apparently, Coach Jim Zorn thinks highly of Atlanta Falcons second-year quarterback Matt Ryan.

Michael Turner did some self-scouting last week to find out why he wasn't breaking off big runs for the Atlanta Falcons.

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Despite consecutive losses and a 4-3 record, Thomas Dimitroff says he has a good feeling about the Falcons.

The Atlanta Falcons are eager to break free of their mostly inglorious past, show they can be a team that consistently puts up winning records and contends for the playoffs.

The one thread that runs through the last three performances by Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is that the oppositionA - Chicago, Dallas and New Orleans - " brought the noise up front.

Can you say wild card ? The Atlanta Falcons hope to be saying it come the holiday season because their NFC South title chances are as flat as a 50-cent beer on Bourbon Street.

Matty Ice: The Falcons lost to the unbeaten Saints, 35-24 last night. Atlanta's Matt Ryan was intercepted three times, including getting picked off at the Saints' one-yard line in the fourth quarter.

Jason Elam felt worse than anyone in the Falcons' locker room Tuesday night. A day after missing two field goals in New Orleans to contribute to Atlanta's first two-game losing streak under coach Mike Smith, Elam is still trying to figure out the source of his problems.

The New Orleans Saints remain unbeaten in the NFL season after beating the Atlanta Falcons 35-27 on Monday Night Football.

DeAngelo Hall has plenty of positive things to say about his old team, the Atlanta Falcons .

The last time the Atlanta Falcons came here to play in a Monday Night Football game, an electric crowd of 70,003 nearly blew the roof off the Louisiana Superdome as the Saints beat up the Falcons, 23-3. The date was Sept.

Falcons running back Aaron Stecker will try to give the team a boost against his old team, the New Orleans Saints on Monday night.

Perhaps Smith was trying to deflect the blame from second-year quarterback, Matt Ryan , who appears to have taken a step backward.

On Monday night at the Louisiana Superdome, the visiting Atlanta Falcons will be trying to stop the freight train that is the New Orleans Saints.

New Orleans' Darren Sharper leads the NFL with six interceptions this season. He also has returned 11 interceptions for touchdowns in his career, second only to Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.

Q: Can you talk about the performance of Darren Sharper ? A: Hea s certainly done a great job this year.

Though its early and anything can happen, it isn't a stretch to say that this Monday's game versus the New Orleans Saints is a must win for the Atlanta Falcons .

While rummaging through the scrap heap of the Dallas game, there was one little gem the Falcons could pick up and carry forward.