After an embarrassing 20-3 home loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football, the New Orleans Saints find themselves fighting for their playoff lives this Sunday on the road against their division rivals, the Atlanta Falcons. While the prospects of being eliminated from the playoffs is surely a scary proposition, New Orleans will find a little bit of comfort in knowing that their quarterback, Taysom Hill, has been activated from the team's COVID-19 list. The former BYU standout was elevated to active practicing status on Wednesday, along with eleven of his Saints teammates, according to ESPN's Field Yates:

Hill has completed just 55.7 percent of his passes so far in 2021 and has a touchdown to interception ratio of 2-5. He has, however, provided a spark to the team with his rushing abilities. In his three games as a starter so far this year, Hill has averaged 69 yards on the ground and scored two touchdowns. The team also won two of the three games that Hill started, including two in a row before he was placed on the COVID list.

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That's something backup quarterback Ian Book cannot say; the rookie looked completely lost against a tough Miami defense on Monday night. Some of that was to be expected from a fourth-round pick that started the year as the fourth-string quarterback, but not leading a single touchdown drive all game is unacceptable. Unless, of course, you're Taysom Hill, who just beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers without scoring a touchdown on offense in a game ten days ago…