A solid Saints defensive effort was overshadowed by the offense's terrible red zone showing

Another strong performance from the New Orleans Saints defense was unfortunately lost in the noise after a 24-10 loss to the Atlanta Falcons .

On a down-to-down basis, the Saints mostly kept the lid on Atlanta’s offense.

Talented running back duo Bijan Robinson (28.6 %) and Tyler Allgeier (25 %) were both held well below their season averages in terms of rushing success rate — a statistic that gauges whether individual runs were successful based on the down and distance situations (both of them are averaging around 42 % this season).

The Falcons were working without their regular starting quarterback, Michael Penix, but backup Kirk Cousins is not far removed from signing a $180 million contract with Atlanta.

More than half of Cousins’ 199 passing yards came on three plays — which,