One last desperate Atlanta gasp remained when Calvin Ridley caught a crossing pattern deep in New Orleans Saints territory and raced toward the goal line.
The rookie receiver had a lead on Marshon Lattimore. Another two or three steps, and he would have cut a three-score Saints lead to two and maybe things might have been interesting on Thanksgiving night.
Instead, Lattimore did the thing the Saints did all night to the Falcons. They let them experience hope, and then ripped it right out of their hands. He lunged for Ridley, tore the ball out of his hands and watched as teammate Eli Apple pounced on it.
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