{"id":227765,"date":"2026-01-05T01:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227765\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:36:08","slug":"what-happened-in-falcons-vs-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227765\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened in Falcons vs. Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaway: It wasn&#8217;t the Falcons&#8217; cleanest performance, but as head coach Raheem Morris has preached all season, the team found a way to win. Atlanta has done so in its last four games overall, closing out the schedule on a high note.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment: Falcons cornerback Dee Alford intercepted Saints quarterback Tyler Shough late in the fourth quarter. Shough&#8217;s pass was intended for wide receiver Dante Pettis near the first-down marker, but Alford jumped the route and returned the pick 59 yards. The Saints had just gotten into the Falcons&#8217; red zone, so Alford&#8217;s turnover prevented New Orleans from possibly scoring and taking the lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key takeaway: It wasn&#8217;t the Falcons&#8217; cleanest performance, but as head coach Raheem Morris has preached all season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[116849,42,116850,43,116848,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-227765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-game-breakdown","tag-headlines","tag-new-orleans-saints-at-atlanta-falcons-2025-reg-18","tag-news","tag-terrin-waack","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}