Falcons 27 – Saints 25 (2021 Week 9) | Box Score, Drive Chart & Win Probability

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Falcons 27 – Saints 25 (2021 Week 9) | Box Score, Drive Chart & Win Probability | Dynatyze

Down-to-down truth

Situational splits

Metric	Falcons	Saints
Offensive plays	55	71
Total yards	368	376 (edge)
Yards per play	6.7 (edge)	5.3
Expected points added / play	0.10 (edge)	-0.07
Success rate	38%	44% (edge)
Dropback rate	64%	63%
Dropback efficiency (EPA/play)	0.55 (edge)	-0.07
Rush efficiency (EPA/play)	-0.69	-0.07 (edge)
Third downs	5/12 (edge)	3/10
Red-zone trips → TDs	0 → 0	0 → 0
Explosive plays (10+ rush / 20+ pass)	5	5
First downs gained on snaps	16	25 (edge)
Sacks taken	2	1 (edge)
Turnovers	0 (edge)	1

Saints outgained Falcons 376–368 but lost the turnover battle 1–0. That was the game.

Possession by possession

Drive chart

#	Team	Start	Plays	Scrim yds	Clock	Result
1	ATL	ATL 25	8	46	3:26	Punt
2	NO	NO 9	8	30	3:23	Punt
3	ATL	ATL 22	8	64	3:45	Turnover on downs
4	NO	NO 25	11	50	5:56	Punt
5	ATL	ATL 20	4	4	2:02	Punt
6	NO	NO 35	6	29	2:44	Turnover on downs
7	ATL	ATL 36	4	8	1:20	Turnover on downs
8	NO	ATL 44	4	8	1:48	Punt
9	ATL	ATL 8	16	88	5:30	Touchdown
10	NO	—	1	0	0:06	End of half
11	NO	NO 23	13	60	5:24	Turnover on downs
12	ATL	ATL 19	9	81	4:23	Touchdown
13	NO	NO 21	12	60	5:24	Turnover on downs
14	ATL	ATL 23	6	16	1:45	Punt
15	NO	NO 26	4	17	2:18	Fumble
16	ATL	NO 6	2	6	0:07	Touchdown
17	NO	NO 34	10	66	2:42	Touchdown
18	ATL	ATL 25	5	1	2:31	Punt
19	NO	NO 46	7	13	0:51	Touchdown
20	ATL	ATL 25	5	-12	1:49	Punt
21	NO	ATL 43	6	43	1:45	Touchdown
22	ATL	ATL 25	6	66	1:01	Turnover on downs

0 of 22 drives ended in points. Longest march: Falcons gained 88 scrimmage yards over 16 plays for a touchdown.

Full stat lines

Box score

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Matt Ryan	23/30	343	2	0	2	17.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Mike Davis	9	13	1.4	0	-8.1
Cordarrelle Patterson	9	10	1.1	0	-4.5
Matt Ryan	5	8	1.6	1	1.0
Feleipe Franks	2	3	1.5	0	-1.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Cordarrelle Patterson	6	6	126	20%	10.0
Russell Gage	7	8	64	27%	0.1
Kyle Pitts	3	7	62	23%

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Deion Jones	6	4	0.0	0	2
Foyesade Oluokun	3	6	0.0	0	0
Erik Harris	7	1	0.0	0	0
Fabian Moreau

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Trevor Siemian	25/41	249	2	0	1	-5.9
Taysom Hill	2/2	33	0	0	0	2.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Alvin Kamara	4	7	54	0	17%	2.9
Tre'Quan Smith	3	4	53	0	10%	3.9
Deonte Harty	6	8	52	0	19%	3.3
Adam Trautman	4	7	47	0	17%	-2.4
Kenny Stills	2	5	30	1	12%	0.9
Marquez Callaway	3	6	25	1	14%	-1.1
Mark Ingram	5	5	21	0	12%	-1.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
David Onyemata	2	5	0.0	0
Marcus Williams	6	1	0.0	0
Marshon Lattimore	4	2	0.0	0
Marcus Davenport	3	3	1.0	0
Demario Davis	2	4	0.0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	1	4	0.0	0
Cameron Jordan	1	3	1.0	0
Shy Tuttle	1	2	0.0	0
P.J. Williams	2	1	0.0	1
Tanoh Kpassagnon	2	0	0.0	0

Alvin Kamara	13	50	3.8	1	-2.0
Mark Ingram	9	43	4.8	0	-0.9
Alex Armah	2	12	6.0	0	0.2
Taysom Hill	1	4	4.0	0	0.8

Atlanta FalconsWinner

New Orleans Saints

Win probability

Highest-leverage plays

Situational splits

Top performers

Drive chart

Box score

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense (top contributors)

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Rushing

Betting context

Game environment

Receiving

Defense (top contributors)