ive end Derrick Shelby on Friday and announced plans to release tight end Levine Toilolo.The moves will save the team a combined $6.75 million in cap space. The cost-cutting moves could help the Falcons reach a new deal with quarterback Matt Ryan Stitched Justin Hardy Jersey , who can be a free agent after the 2018 season.Shelby, who signed a four-year, $18 million deal in 2016, with $7.5 million guaranteed, was set to earn $4.5 million in each of the next two seasons.The Falcons will save $3.25 million in cap space with Shelby’s release and $3.5 million with Toilolo’s release. The team will still have a $2.5 million charge in dead money for Shelby and $2 million for Toilolo that will count against the cap.Shelby, who turns 29 on Sunday, had 30 tackles and one sack in 2017.He started 14 games. An Achilles tendon injury limited him to six games in 2016.He spent his first four seasons with the Miami Dolphins.The Falcons said Toilolo will be released at the start of the new league year on March 14 with a post-June 1 designation.Toilolo, a fourth-round pick in 2013, had 74 receptions for 723 yards and seven touchdowns in five seasons. He had 11 catches for 55 yards and two touchdowns in 2017 while sharing time with Austin Hooper and Eric Saubert.— Now that we’ve seen Big 12 football break out in the NFL — Rams 54 Youth Justin Hardy Jersey , Chiefs 51 — can we get a college hoops score out of the Saints?The Who-Dats will be rocking the Superdome on Thanksgiving night, with New Orleans facing its archrival, the Atlanta Falcons. The Saints are running away with the NFC South and the Falcons have faltered badly, but this is almost always a tense, close affair.Except that the Saints have manhandled opponents this season, outscoring them 378-239 as Drew Brees, well, breezes through the best year of his superb career.“Just focus on winning,” Brees says. “And if it takes 20 points to do that or if it takes 50 points to do that Stitched Matt Schaub Jersey , you just focus on winning and everything else takes care of itself. But we’re just trying to stay in the moment right now.”Coach Dan Quinn says the Falcons can win a high-scoring game against the Saints, who won at Atlanta 43-37 in September.“We are. We’re equipped,” Quinn said. “Certainly when you’re going against another team that’s high scoring, it was no surprise to see that in the first game, either.”New Orleans, ranked atop the AP Pro32, is a 13-point favorite. At home, that doesn’t seem too charitable.SAINTS, 44-28KNOCKOUT POOL: Arizona flopped like a wanderer in the desert Youth Matt Schaub Jersey , yet another nasty blow to Pro Picks. If anyone is interested, we’ll try DALLAS this week.No. 4 New England (minus 9) at No. 29 New York JetsAngry and rested Patriots are not an opponent the Jets want to face.BEST BET: PATRIOTS, 37-13No. 24 Cleveland (plus 3 1-2) at No. 19 CincinnatiThe football power in Ohio is changing area codes — if there really is any football power there.UPSET SPECIAL: BROWNS, 26-24No. 6 Chicago (OFF) at No. 23 Detroit, ThursdayUnsettled status of Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky means no line, so two picks here:With Trubisky: BEARS, 24-17Without Trubisky, LIONS 17-13No. 13 Washington (plus 7 1-2) at No. 14 Dallas, ThursdayDon’t underestimate Colt McCoy and don’t overestimate Cowboys. Still …COWBOYS Stitched Derrick Shelby Jersey , 20-16No. 11 Seattle (plus 3 1-2) at No. 9 CarolinaWinner here has inside track to wild card.SEAHAWKS, 27-22No. 5 Pittsburgh (minus 3 1-2) at No. 18 DenverSteelers got lucky in Jacksonville despite poor performance.STEELERS, 30-27No. 16 Green Bay (plus 3 1-2) at No. 10 MinnesotaVikings have lost all three prime-timers this season. This won’t be a fourth.VIKINGS, 31-24No. 20 Miami (plus 10) at No. 12 IndianapolisHow good has Andrew Luck been in his return from injury?COLTS, 36-23No. 32 Arizona (plus 11) at No. 8 Los Angeles ChargersTwo teams coming off ugly collapses. Chargers are better than that.CHARGERS, 37-20No. 26 New York Giants (plus 6) at No. 21 (tie) PhiladelphiaEagles are going to get things right eventually, aren’t they?EAGLES, 27-26No. 31 Oakland (plus 11) at No. 15 BaltimoreLamar Jackson might actually throw a bit more this week.RAVENS, 20-15No. 25 Jacksonville (minus 3) at No. 28 BuffaloBiggest question is whether Jags can handle cold temperatures.JAGUARS Youth Derrick Shelby Jersey , 20-10No. 30 San Francisco (plus 3 1-2) at No. 27 Tampa BayIs it Jameis Fitzpatrick or Ryan Winston at QB for Bucs?BUCCANEERS, 31-23No. 17 Tennessee (OFF) at No. 7 Houston, Monday nightHad there been a line, we would have laid the points.TEXANS, 23-13