The New Orleans Saints are back in the playoffs. After sitting out the postseason the past three seasons, New Orleans’ 23-13 victory over division rival Atlanta earned the Saints (11-4) a playoff spot.

As expected, Sunday’s game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome was a wild contest between two bitter rivals but the Saints came up with the bigger plays and the win.

The Saints defense, perhaps the story of the team’s turnaround this season, came through again with a fourth-and-goal stop at 1 in the fourth quarter and by forcing two turnovers. Defensive end Cam Jordan, putting together an NFL Defensive Player of the Year season, sacked Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan twice (Jordan has 12 on the season), all-everything cornerback Marshon Lattimore made an amazing “butt-interception” and linebacker Manti Te’o and tackle Tyeler Davison combined on a key forced fumble and recovery that ended a likely scoring drive for the Falcons (9-6). Te’o played a very strong game in placed of injured starter A.J. Klein and the Saints defense registered three other sacks.

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