Filed under: Atlanta Falcons, NFC SouthOne way to beat the Saints is to keep Drew Brees nailed to the sidelines. The Falcons, who lead the NFL in time of possession, did that Sunday.
The Vikings tried to control Brees' snaps and couldn't do it. The 49ers did it fairly well, but then they coughed the ball up with turnovers.
The Falcons held tight to the ball, in more ways than one. They didn't fumble it on offense and they had the ball for 45 minutes, 50 seconds to 27:15 for the Saints.
"Time of possession is a very important statistic. When you're scoring points, when you're possessing the football it even
makes it a more impressive statistic," Smith said. "I think our guys on the offensive side, have executed the game plan the last two weeks very well. It's something that we want to do because when you control the time of possession you can control the
tempo of the game for the other two phases as well."
The Falcons had 82 snaps to 56 for the Saints.
They caught a major break when Garrett Hartley hooked a 29-yard field goal in overtime to win it, but Atlanta's execution and pounding run game got them in a position to get a break, which happens all the time in football.
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