Saints top Atlanta to remain in playoff hunt
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The Mississippi Press. NEW ORLEANS -- Staying alive -- that is what the New Orleans Saints are surprisingly doing this December. Instead of a typical New Orleans collapse in the final month
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Saints 26, Falcons 13: Aaron Brooks threw for a touchdown and ran for another and New Orleans kept its postseason hopes alive with a victory against visiting Atlanta yesterday.
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Hoping to win, hop on a plane and receive good news when they got back to New Orleans, the Saints instead headed home Sunday knowing their season was over.
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The New Orleans Saints have the longest winning streak in the NFC at three games and they&#39;re a victory away from a potential playoff berth.
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Another blowout loss left Saints owner Tom Benson furious and wondering whether his team belonged in the NFL. Reuben Droughns rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown, Jake Plummer threw for
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Atlanta holds a 9-4 edge in the season series, and has won four of seven in New York...The doubleheader was the Braves&#39; second in five days after they were swept at home by Philadelphia on September 8...The last doubleheader between these clubs at Shea
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Warrick Dunn rushed for 142 yards and  two touchdowns to help the Atlanta Falcons crush the St. Louis  Rams 47-17 in the divisional playoffs Saturday.
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The New Orleans Saints returned to their lockers to find hats and T-shirts commemorating the franchise's first playoff berth since 2000. Most players hastily stuffed them in bags as they dressed and left the stadium looking frustrated.
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The Falcons felt they could afford to rest three of their top players during yesterday&#39;s loss to New Orleans. Atlanta already had clinched the division title, and last week wrapped up the Number Two seed and a first-round bye.
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Making one of the NFL&#39;s most exciting players look ordinary for much of the day, the Bucs dominated Atlanta 27-0 Sunday to keep the first-place Falcons from clinching the NFC South championship.
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Getting to the playoffs has become pretty much of a given for the Atlanta Braves. So had postseason wins over the Houston Astros &#151; until now.
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Willie Parker ran for a team record 223 yards to help the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers crush the Cleveland Browns 27-7 on Thursday to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
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The Giants remain alive, temporarily sharing the sixth seeding and last N.F.C. wild card with the Falcons.
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Having already clinched the NFC South title and the second seed in the NFC playoffs, Atlanta sat quarterback Michael Vick (shoulder), running back TJ Duckett
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John Kasay kept the Carolina Panthers' late-run for a playoff berth on track with six field goals Sunday in a 32-21 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
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A 31-yard field goal by John Carney in overtime Sunday gave the New Orleans Saints a 28-25 win over St. Louis. Carney kicked five field goals in the game, including a 38-yarder
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The Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins have reached the point of the season where thoughts can get a bit fanciful. Maybe we can win the rest of our games. Maybe 9-7 will be good enough to get into the playoffs this year. Maybe even 8-8.