On Monday night in the Superdome, the Saints were able to hold on and defeat the Falcons 35-27 in front of 70,088 fans. The 7-0 Saints are the only NFC team left that is still undefeated. With nine games left to play, the Atlanta Falcons’ record dropped to 4-2, putting them three games back of the Saints.

Mike Smith, head coach for the Falcons, said he planned to use their extra time this week to consider some potential changes in personnel. This week Atlanta has an extra day for preparing for their very important NFC South game versus the Saints next Monday night in New Orleans. Their most recent loss left the Falcons (4-2) trailing undefeated New Orleans by two games. Atlanta really can’t afford letting the deficit get bigger.

Atlanta, in a defensive clunker of a game, got pummeled by Dallas on Sunday 37-21 at the new stadium for the Cowboys in front of 81,521 extremely happy fans. Atlanta’s secondary, which was reeling already from losing cornerback Brian Williams last week to a knee injury ending his season, was thoroughly shredded by Tony Romo (21 of 29 on passing for a total of 311 yards), Cowboy’s quarterback, and Miles Austin (6 catches, 171 yards, 2 touchdowns), wide receiver.

On Sunday night the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Chicago Bears 21-14, but in the process lost a key defensive player. Brian Williams, starting cornerback, has a torn ACL and is lost for the rest of the season.

The Bears made three critical errors inside the red zone, and Atlanta was able to hold on and get a 21-14 win. The game will be remembered for a series of gritty defensive stands and all the opportunities that the Bears missed.

The leader of the San Francisco 49ers knows he lost all his cool during the game.

Mike Singletary got so frustrated with the poor play of his team that he just had to respond to Harvey Dahl, former 49er and offensive lineman, when he responded to Singletary near the sideline of the 49ers while Atlanta was once again driving downfield.

On Sunday Jerious Norwood will strap on his new helmet- the advanced one with the most bubble wrap- and return to the NFL human crash test. Norwood, who is recovering from the second concussion in just twenty two days, is preparing to hurl himself straight into San Francisco’s nasty defense.

On Sunday the New England Patriots were finally able to get rolling, serving up a balanced attack with Fred Taylor rushing for 105 yards and Tom Brady throwing for 277 yards in the Patriots 26-10 victory over the Falcons.

Matt Ryan had three touchdown passes while Michael Turner rushed for 105 yards and scored one touchdown in the Atlanta Falcons’ second win of the season in their 28-20 win at the Georgia Dome against Carolina, their NFC South rival.

On Sunday Gonzalez and Peterson lead the Falcons to a 19-7 win over the error prone Miami Dolphins. Gonzalez caught a touchdown pass, becoming the 21st player in the history of the NFL to gain 11,000 receiving yards, and Peterson was able to force a fumble on a big hit and intercepted a pass.