Only three weeks ago the Saints beat the Falcons 45-17 in Atlanta. The difference this week is that the Saints are at home and rested from their bye week while the Falcons are on the second road trip after a huge emotional win.

Someone has to put the birds back in their place and the Saints will be happy to do the job.

Atlanta Notes

The Falcons fly up to 2-7 on the season with their astounding dismantling of the Giants. On any given Sunday, any team can win and that one last week is going to leave a mark on the Giants.

Quarterbacks: It is a sure sign of divine intervention when Kurt Kittner throws for only 9 of 23 passes for 65 yards and one score and the Falcons still win 27-7 with the worst defense in the league. Kittner gets the start again - why not? He is a winning quarterback and Vick still has a couple of weeks left before playing.

Running backs: Someone forgot to tell Warrick Dunn that he is not the starting running back anymore. Dunn gained a mere 178 yards and one touchdown last week. On second thought, no one needs to tell him he is not the starter because he got it back after last week. T.J. Duckett ran for only 33 yards on seven runs but scored twice against the Giants. It was a week of magic for a downtrodden franchise. It was a week they will not soon forget. Nor will the Giants.

Wide Receivers: Peerless Price only had 37 yards on three catches, but that accounted for over half the passing production but also half what he did against the Eagles the previous week. This crew is still largely inconsequential unless the Vikings are coming to town.

Tight Ends: Alge Crumpler has catches every game and they never add up to more than 40 yards a week.

Match against the defense: These teams played only three weeks ago and in that game the Saints absolutely throttled the Falcons 45-17 in Atlanta. Kurt Kittner only had 119 yards in that game (which is pretty good compared to last week) but did connect with Brian Finneran for a score.

The Saints will be ready for Dunn since Warrick not only had a huge game in New York, he opened the game in week seven with a 69 yard touchdown run. He only had five other runs for 13 yards in that game while Duckett was held to 42 yards on the ground.

The Falcons are due for a landing on earth again and the Saints coming off a bye week and will pull them down.

New Orleans Notes

The Saints are 4-5 and coming off their bye week after having beaten the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay in week nine.

Quarterbacks: Aaron Brooks has completed almost 60% of his passes this season and has a touchdown to interception ratio of 13:6. Brooks last threw for 352 yards when he played against these Falcons.

Running backs: Deuce McAllister has rushed for over 100 yards in the past six games for a franchise record and had 116 yards and two scores against these Falcons when they played in week seven. McAllister is on track for the best rushing season since George Rogers last played for the Saints.

Wide Receivers: The bye week was good to rest Donte Stallworth who missed two games with a strained left quadriceps muscle. He is expected to be back this week and Joe Horn's sore knee is still not 100% but he will be ready to play as well. Back when the Saints played in Atlanta, Stallworth had a 69 yard touchdown catch and Horn had 133 yards and a score.

Tight Ends: Ernie Conwell is still the starter, but Eddie "Boo" Williams has been getting a couple of passes a game.

Match against the defense: This was a blowout only three weeks ago and the Falcons are coming off a huge, emotional win in New York to stay on the road again and play the team that demolished them already.

The switch in the secondary has been working for the Falcons but as a team that no one feared, they have been more overlooked than overachieving.

* Fantasy point rankings calculated using standard Huddle fantasy points