2016 Week 3 · Mon, Sep 26, 2016 · Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Atlanta FalconsWinner

New Orleans Saints

NO -2.5 upsetO 54 ✓DomeSaints closed -2.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Atlanta Falcons 45–32.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NO

Drew BreesQB

36/54, 376 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

0.8 expected points added · -3.0% completion over expected

Passing · ATL

Matt RyanQB

20/30, 240 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

10.8 expected points added · -0.8% completion over expected

Rushing · ATL

Devonta FreemanRB

14 att, 152 yds, 0 TD

6.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Mark IngramRB

15 att, 77 yds, 0 TD

2.4 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Coby FleenerTE

7/11 for 109 yds, 1 TD

20% of team targets · 4.2 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Brandon ColemanWR

7/8 for 78 yds, 0 TD

15% of team targets · 6.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Matt Ryan	20/30	240	2	0	2	10.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Devonta Freeman	14	152	10.9	0	6.7
Tevin Coleman	12	42	3.5	3	5.9
Matt Ryan	5	23	4.6	0	-2.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Devonta Freeman	5	5	55	1	17%	3.8
Tevin Coleman	3	3	47	0	10%	5.1
Taylor Gabriel	2	3	33	0	10%	2.0
Mohamed Sanu	3	4	31	0	13%	4.3
Jacob Tamme	3	4	28	0	13%	0.1
Justin Hardy	2	2	26	1	7%	3.1
Julio Jones	1	7	16	0	23%	-1.7
Aldrick Robinson	1	2	4	0	7%	-0.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Sean Weatherspoon	8	2	0.0	0	0
Deion Jones	8	1	0.0	1	2
Robert Alford	7	1	0.0	0	1
Ricardo Allen	5	1	0.0	0	0
Brian Poole	3	3	0.0	0	1
Kemal Ishmael	2	3	0.0	0	0
Keanu Neal	3	1	0.0	0	1
Desmond Trufant	3	0	1.0	0	0
Vic Beasley	3	0	0.0	0	0
C.J. Goodwin	2	0	0.0	0	0

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	36/54	376	3	1	2	0.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Mark Ingram	15	77	5.1	0	2.4
Tim Hightower	3	19	6.3	0	1.3
Drew Brees	2	9	4.5	0	-0.3
Brandin Cooks	1	6	6.0	0	0.5
John Kuhn	1	3	3.0	1	2.2
Tommylee Lewis	1	1	1.0	0	-0.6

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Coby Fleener	7	11	109	1	20%	4.2
Brandon Coleman	7	8	78	0	15%	6.4
Michael Thomas	7	11	71	1	20%	-9.1
Tommylee Lewis	3	4	43	0	7%	1.9
Travaris Cadet	6	6	32	0	11%	0.4
Mark Ingram	4	6	30	1	11%	2.1
Brandin Cooks	2	8	13	0	15%	-2.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Craig Robertson	5	6	0.0	0
James Laurinaitis	5	2	0.0	0
Nick Fairley	4	3	1.5	0
Jairus Byrd	4	2	0.0	0
Ken Crawley	4	0	0.0	2
Cameron Jordan	1	3	0.5	0
Stephone Anthony	3	0	0.0	0
Vonn Bell	3	0	0.0	0
Roman Harper	3	0	0.0	0
Nate Stupar	2	0	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NO -2.5
Closing total: 54
ATL moneyline: +142
NO moneyline: -157

Saints closed -2.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 54; the game landed 77 — over by 23.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Roof / surface: dome · sportturf
Kickoff weather: Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee: Peter Morelli
Rest: ATL 8 days · NO 8 days
Coaches: Dan Quinn vs Sean Payton

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