Kirk Cousins passed for two touchdowns and the visiting Atlanta Falcons ended a five-game losing streak by defeating the New Orleans Saints 24-10 on Sunday.

Cousins completed 16 of 23 passes for 199 yards for the Falcons (4-7) as he filled in for Michael Penix Jr., who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week.

Tyler Shough passed for 243 of the 293 total yards for the Saints (2-9), who did not score an offensive touchdown. Running back Alvin Kamara left the game after injuring a knee in the first quarter and did not return.

The Saints received the second-half kickoff and drove to the Falcons' 2, but on fourth and goal Taysom Hill's pass was batted incomplete, and Atlanta's 16-7 halftime lead carried into the fourth quarter.

On the sixth play of the fourth quarter, Blake Grupe, wh

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