With one touchdown pass against the Saints, Matt Ryan moved into ninth place past Eli Manning with 367 career TD passes.

It was Ryan’s 20th touchdown pass of the season and he became the fifth quarterback to reach 20 touchdown passes in 13 consecutive seasons, joining Tom Brady, Dree Brees, Brett Favre and Philip Rivers.

Ryan’s streak of 10 straight seasons of passing for more than 4,000 yards has ended.

Ryan needed 248 yards passing to reach 4,000 on the season to run his streak to 11, dating back to 2011. But he ended the day 20-of-33 for 216 yards and 1 touchdown.

Ryan’s streak of 10 seasons is the longest active streak and the second longest in NFL history.

Ryan tossed an interception in the second quarter to give him 12 on the season.

QB Matt Ryan's career stats vs. the New Orleans Saints.

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