2010 Week 16 · Mon, Dec 27, 2010 · Georgia Dome

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Atlanta Falcons

ATL -2 upsetU 50 ✓DomeFalcons closed -2 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

New Orleans Saints 17–14 — decided on the final possessions.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NO

Drew BreesQB

35/49, 302 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-3.4 expected points added · +8.1% completion over expected

Passing · ATL

Matt RyanQB

15/29, 148 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

-3.6 expected points added · -13.0% completion over expected

Rushing · NO

Pierre ThomasRB

19 att, 63 yds, 1 TD

-3.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · ATL

Michael TurnerRB

17 att, 48 yds, 0 TD

-9.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Robert MeachemWR

10/13 for 101 yds, 0 TD

28% of team targets · 3.9 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Lance MooreWR

4/7 for 48 yds, 0 TD

15% of team targets · -1.8 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	35/49	302	1	2	1	-3.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Pierre Thomas	19	63	3.3	1	-3.7
Devery Henderson	1	9	9.0	0	0.7
Julius Jones	1	2	2.0	0	-0.7
Reggie Bush	1	0	0.0	0	-1.7
Drew Brees	2	-2	-1.0	0	0.0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Robert Meachem	10	13	101	0	28%	3.9
Lance Moore	4	7	48	0	15%	-1.8
Pierre Thomas	7	7	39	0	15%	-0.5
Devery Henderson	3	4	35	0	9%	1.8
Jimmy Graham	4	5	26	1	11%	2.8
Marques Colston	2	5	21	0	11%	-0.1
Reggie Bush	4	4	20	0	9%	0.5
Jeremy Shockey	1	1	12	0	2%	0.8
Heath Evans	0	1	0	0	2%	-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	5	1	0.0	0
Jonathan Vilma	4	1	0.0	0
Tracy Porter	5	0	0.0	0
Jabari Greer	3	1	0.0	1
Roman Harper	3	1	0.0	0
Alex Brown	3	0	0.0	1
Will Smith	1	2	1.0	0
Marvin Mitchell	2	1	0.0	0
Jimmy Wilkerson	2	0	0.0	0
Drew Brees	1	0	0.0	0

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Matt Ryan	15/29	148	1	0	1	-3.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Michael Turner	17	48	2.8	-9.9
Matt Ryan	4	26	6.5	-2.5
Jason Snelling	1	1	1.0	-0.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Roddy White	3	5	43	1	17%	2.8
Michael Jenkins	5	9	40	0	31%	0.3
Jason Snelling	2	3	23	0	10%	2.2
Ovie Mughelli	2	3	20	0	10%	-0.6
Tony Gonzalez	2	3	12	0	10%	-0.0
Justin Peelle	1	1	10	0	3%	0.5
Michael Turner	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.6
Brian Finneran	0	1	0	0	3%	-1.7
Harry Douglas	0	3	0	0	10%	-4.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Curtis Lofton	6	5	0.0	0	0
Thomas DeCoud	6	3	0.0	0	1
Dunta Robinson	8	0	0.0	0	1
Brent Grimes	6	0	0.0	0	0
William Moore	3	2	0.0	0	1
Stephen Nicholas	3	1	0.0	0	0
Mike Peterson	3	1	0.0	0	0
Sean Weatherspoon	1	3	0.0	0	0
John Abraham	3	0	1.0	1	1
Brian Williams	1	2	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: ATL -2
Closing total: 50
NO moneyline: +117
ATL moneyline: -129

Falcons closed -2 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 50; the game landed 31 — under by 19.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Georgia Dome
Roof / surface: dome · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee: Ed Hochuli
Rest: NO 8 days · ATL 8 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs Mike Smith

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.