Kyle Pitts was oh-so-close to being a huge hero for the Atlanta Falcons last week. 

Instead, the tight end came up one yard short of a touchdown and had the game-winning catch controversially stolen by a missed pass interference call.

However, Sunday offers redemption against a divisional rival, and my Saints vs Falcons predictions have Pitts tabbed for more positive production.

Find out more in my NFL picks for September 29.

Saints vs Falcons prediction

My best betKyle Pitts Over 33.5 Receiving Yards (-115 at BetMGM)

My analysis

Kyle Pitts’ work against the New Orleans Saints has been a mixed bag over the past few seasons, but things are looking up for Week 4. 

Not only is he gaining gr…

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“Only title you’ve won and you’re giving it the big ’un.”

There were some fascinating shades to the touchline stramash between Frank Lampard and Jürgen Klopp in the dog days of the Premier League’s summer season.

Liverpool were 1-0 up at Anfield. Mateo Kovacic had just been booked, a little softly, for a foul on Sadio Mané. In touchline footage of the incident, the managers are up on their feet watching the game, but Lampard is already seething, pre-enraged, whirling about in his padded coat, a man for whom this straw, whichever straw it may be, is clearly the last straw.

The initial beef appears to have involved members of the Liverpool staff, whom Lampard keeps speaking to e…

Manchester United’s pursuit of Frenkie de Jong has stalled after his agents told Barcelona the midfielder had no intention of leaving.

De Jong is a priority target for United, who will step up their interest in another player on Erik ten Hag’s list when they hold a meeting with Ajax on Wednesday to discuss the centre-back Lisandro Martínez.

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United have been informed of developments relating to De Jong. His agents, Ali Dursun and Hasan Cetinkaya, made clear to Barcelona that the Netherlands international is not seeking a move and is not open to reducing his salary as the club try to improve their finances.

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The Swedish footballer Kurt Hamrin, who has died aged 89, was a star of the 1958 World Cup when Sweden reached the final and was a major hit in the Italian league during the 1950s and 60s with Fiorentina and Milan, with whom he won major European honours.

The 1958 finals, played in Sweden, showed Hamrin at his dynamic best on the right wing. With a low centre of gravity, superb close control and great pace, he was a key figure in his country’s passage to the final. Sweden’s Yorkshire-born manager, George Raynor, characterised his players as “the slowest in the competition” but this could scarcely have applied to the fleet-footed Hamrin.

The goal for which he will be best remembered came in the semi-final aga…