The Saints were able to drive the ball to the Falcons’ 1-yard line on each of their first two possessions of the second half of Sunday’s game, but that wasn’t a sign that things were turning their way after trailing 16-3 at halftime in New Orleans.

The first drive ended with three runs by quarterback Tyler Shough before the Saints brought Taysom Hill in to throw an incompletion on fourth down. Shough ran twice before Hill returned for third down of the next drive, but a shotgun snap went over his head and Hill was flagged for intentional grounding when he threw the ball away. That led to a Blake Grupe field goal and the Falcons put the game away on the ensuing drive.

Kirk Cousins flipped a short pass to running back Bijan Robinson that Robinson turned into a 32-yard gain and then hit Dar

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