The New Orleans Saints embarrassed themselves in a Week 12 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Here's what went wrong.

The Falcons sacked Shough five times — first-round picks James Pearce and Jalon Walker both got their fellow rookie — and they recovered an early fumble by running back Alvin Kamara in addition to their two goal-line stands. Saints kicker Blake Grupe also missed two field goals in the first half of the game.

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara has been ruled out for the second half of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons because of a right knee injury.

The Atlanta Falcons finally got the monkey off their back in Week 12, defeating the New Orleans Saints on the road to end a five-game losing streak. Sunday's 24-10 victory wasn't the most exciting game we've ever watched, but the Falcons secured their first win since Week 6 to improve to 4-7 on the season.

The Atlanta Falcons finally stopped the bleeding on Sunday, securing a 24-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints to end their five-game losing streak. Even though it was against a sub-par opponent, the Falcons took care of business to improve to 4-7 overall.

The Atlanta Falcons face the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Saints running back Alvin Kamara was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Falcons after injuring his knee in the first half.

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Kirk Cousins threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver David Sills and the Falcons defense kept the Saints offense from putting any points on the board in the first half. Atlanta also got three field goals from Zane Gonzalez and lead the Saints 16-7 at halftime at the Superdome in New Orleans.