New Orleans Saints linebacker A.J. Klein spoke with local media on a conference call following the Saints’ 31-17 demolishing of the Atlanta Falcons. Much of New Orleans’ success came from a high rate of turnovers; they created four takeaways against the Falcons, three of them fumbles. Klein attributed that trend to high effort:
“I think we’re playing with really good effort. Even though some of those turnovers came off big plays, which obviously shows that we are finishing plays and we’re being opportunistic. Which is huge for our defense and like I said as long as you give effort in this game and you run to the football good things generally tend to happen.