One loss does not define a season, but New Orleans will have to show against Atlanta that its first two weeks weren't fool's gold.

For much of the Week 3 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, the New Orleans Saints defense made the plays when they counted. Through three quarters, the Saints were pitching a shutout, giving up a big chunk of yardage here and there but making up for it with huge plays of their own.

It took three weeks for an NFL defense to figure out how to stop a new Saints offense that had been the league's most prolific.