Hot! New Orleans Saints Drew Brees Dissects Indianapolis Colts

A fast glimpse at the numbers has been ample to be able to calculate that will just what might arise Sunday night from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome would likely often be reminiscent of a new gory Halloween horror flick. 'Tis this season, albeit seven days early.

The Indianapolis Colts followed together with this league's second-worst pass defense, permitting oppositions 255 meters each game, a new finish percentage involving 70 and nine missing out on touchdowns.

New Orleans Saints quarterback very easily surpassed those people averages while in the initial half, punishing 21 years old of 25 goes over regarding 260 meters plus several touchdowns, a passer efficiency rating involving 149.6.

It couldn't get any far better with the Colts within the second half involving New Orleans' 62-7 massacre of the team the item dispatched inside .

Brees done the night 31-of-35 (89 percent) pertaining to 325 yards, all 5 touchdowns, no interceptions and also a passer history connected with 144.9. He bought way to Chase Daniel from the last quarter.

By then, the Indianapolis go away security and also Brees needed simply no whim on shielding backs as well as linebackers as soon as getting touchdown locates had been therefore brutalized how the Saints basically padded their bothersome numbers for the ground.

"It obtained ugly," explained Colts free health and safety Antoine Bethea. "If they're going the actual ball and also passing the ball and that's virtually any team inside little league it should often be tough. We had been on our heels in addition to could hardly stop them. They struck people right off your top. We believed it absolutely was planning to become some sort of storm. But all of us advised ourselves if we could climate in which storm, many of us could get back to the game. But we didn't."

Colts Coach Jim Caldwell claimed they realized their defense, especially within the secondary, will become set for a struggle. "But all of us expected in which we'd have the ability to insure good enough to help sluggish your pet lower a new bit," Caldwell said, "and might be find a little bit connected with pressure on your ex boyfriend from our own defensive upward front. But he virtually did pretty significantly what he / she wished to.

"They ran that basketball (38 carries, 236 yards, a couple touchdowns). If you don't make these one-dimensional, of which group is tough to handle. If they are able to manage it along with throw it with you, it will always be difficult. (Brees) is going to find some good done to you with regard to the complete game. You know that. But you merely cannot enable both phases move away from you."

LONG NIGHT: Indianapolis quarterback Curtis Painter most likely would choose to ignore his / her journey to help New Orleans.

The embattled Colts fill-in he's subbing with regard to the harmed Kerry Collins, who seem to has been earned to upgrade this suffering a loss Peyton Manning ended up being 9-of-17 regarding 67 yards, no touchdowns and something interception, which usually Leigh Torrance made a comeback 42 back yards for the touchdown early within the next quarter.

Painter appeared to be mercifully relieved through Dan Orlovsky following on from the pick-six.

"They always have multiple packages they give you, managing to come back along with forth, and they were jogging a number of later scheming as well as things of the characteristics which could have induced (Painter) a few doubt here in addition to there," Caldwell said. "They did a fantastic job. Got to allow these individuals credit."

FAMILIAR FACE: When New Orleans local Manning, the damaged Colts quarterback, produced his approach onto your field being dressed in guiding togs khaki pants, white logoed Indianapolis collared shirt plus a Colts limitation some sort of gaggle of Saints supporters lurking behind the particular Colts' bench directed cameras , camcorders in his direction. Manning waved obligingly into a team involving Saints supporters that had been to the area to the Indianapolis side before the video game in that case strolled up to the bench, where he took a seat.

Manning has not played this kind of time after a pair of throat surgeries.

Manning needed a moment to indicator a young fan's royal pink No. 18 jersey, retrieved through the East area Plaza levels along with brought to your ex by an products manager, as you move young young man's mother, being dressed in a dark Brees No. 9 jersey, procured photos.

BRIEF RETURN: Colts jogging again Joseph Addai, who gamed with LSU, produced your cameo look in his come back coming from a hamstring injury. Addai is at on Indianapolis' first a couple bothersome series, hastening two times for eight yards throughout the Colts' first offensive series, then catching two goes by regarding 11 yards within the second possession.

Addai put in others with the activity about the Indianapolis sideline. He is at civilian garments throughout cost-free half.