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RB Peyton Barber ran for two TDs in last game against Falcons but has not scored this season. ... WR DeSean Jackson has more than 100 yards receiving in three of four games this season. Jackson and WR Mike Evans are two of four in NFL to average more than 100 yards and have at least three TD catches. Others are Minnesota's Adam Thielen and New Orleans' Michael Thomas. ... Evans has 42 catches for 640 yards, six TDs, in last seven games against Falcons. ... TE Cameron Brate has TD catch in two straight games. ... DE Jason Pierre-Paul has four sacks in last three games. ... Falcons have lost three straight for worst start in coach Dan Quinn's four seasons. ... After first three losses by combined 13 points, Falcons suffered blowout defeat last week at Pittsburgh. ... Falcons' defense already without S Keanu Neal, S Ricardo Allen and LB Deion Jones, and could be missing DT Grady Jarrett (ankle) for second straight week. ... QB Matt Ryan has combined 793 yards passing, eight TDs Josh LeRibeus Jersey 2019 , no interceptions in last two home games and now faces Bucs' last-ranked pass defense. ... WR Julio Jones had 12 catches for 253 yards, two TDs in last game against Tampa Bay, but has no TD catches this season. ... Rookie WR Calvin Ridley leads NFL with six TD catches. ... DE Takk McKinley has six sacks in last six home games. ... Fantasy tip: Winston could be poised for big game against Falcons' decimated defense. Falcons have allowed three TD passes in four straight games. Winston threw three TD passes with no interceptions in last meeting between teams. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A courtroom quest by two New Orleans Saints ticketholders for a full or partial do-over of this year’s NFC championship game because of a blown “no-call” by game officials was rejected Thursday by a federal judge.NFL officials have acknowledged that flags should have been thrown when a Rams defensive back leveled a Saints receiver with a helmet-to-helmet hit at a crucial point in the final minutes of regulation time. The Rams won the Jan. 20 conference championship in overtime and are set to play the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl in Atlanta.Fan reaction in New Orleans has included disbelief, anger and resignation, expressed in newspaper headlines, billboards (“They reffed up” said one), promises by some restaurants and bars that they won’t show the Super Bowl broadcast, and posters of blind referees.And at least two lawsuits. One was a class-action lawsuit on behalf of ticketholders that was awaiting action in state court.The other was filed by season ticketholders Tommy Badeaux and Candis Lambert two days after the game. It sought a court order called a writ of mandamus forcing the NFL to implement a rule allowing Commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate “extraordinarily unfair acts” that affect the game. Remedies under that rule include rescheduling the game in full Marcus Davenport Jersey White , or from the point at which the unfair act occurred.In a statement Thursday evening, Frank D’Amico, an attorney for Badeaux and Candis, gave no indication he would appeal U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling regarding the writ of mandamus. He said there remains an unresolved issue involving Saints season ticketholders’ rights “to purchase tickets for the Super Bowl at face value to see the Saints play in that game.” But he gave no details on his next move.The NFL did not respond to an emailed request for comment.“None of the actions Plaintiffs might seek to compel Commissioner Goodell to do are the kinds of actions a writ of mandamus may address,” Morgan said in a 17-page ruling in which she detailed the extraordinary circumstances in which Louisiana law allows such an order to be issued.In the same ruling, she also rejected arguments that the case should be heard in state court in New Orleans, where it was originally filed. She said the suit was, in effect Womens Marcus Davenport Jersey , a class-action lawsuit seeking relief for all ticketholders and Saints fans, involving defendants outside of Louisiana and amounts of money that all make it appropriate for federal court.