Brees For Second-Most-Valuable Player
IRVING, Tex.--LaDanian Tomlinson probably has wrapped up the NFL's most valuable player award this season, and rightfully so.
But Drew Brees isn't all that far behind.
The New Orleans Saints quarterback was back at it here Sunday night, throwing for 384 yards and five touchdowns--all in the first three quarters--to engineer a 42-17 triumph over the Dallas Cowboys.
"That's a pretty good defense," Brees said. "But we feel like we're a pretty good offense, too."
Brees threw only two passes and had no completions in the fourth quarter. The Saints were taking kneel-downs inside the Dallas 10-yard line with three minutes to play.
Cowboys Coach Bill Parcells was asked afterward about Saints rookie tailback Reggie Bush.
"Bush is good," Parcells said. "But Brees is the guy that makes them go."
Said Saints rookie wide receiver Marques Colton: "I've come to expect it every week."
The Saints, at 9-4, are the No. 2 seed in the entire NFC with three games to go in the regular season. Expectations for them undoubtedly will soar after this performance. But Brees said that was fine with him.
"That's okay," he said. "We're raising the bar ourselves."
Said Saints cornerback Mike McKenzie: "This was a huge win for us... [but] the way this league is, we can't parade too much."
By Mark Maske |
December 11, 2006; 1:37 AM ET
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Posted by: Tom | December 11, 2006 9:34 AM
wow . . . no one posts around. further proof that DC does not deserve to be considered among the best "sports towns" in the country. if it ain't the deadskins around these parts, no one cares.
lotsa great football out there and no one can seem to see anything or discuss anything about the sport that does not involve the skins. bleh.
awesome game by the saints last night, as comprehensive of a beat down as you will see in any NFL game. totally dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage and brought the cowboys down to earth. ha!
Posted by: 761-091 | December 11, 2006 10:36 AM
761-091, what is there to talk about? Chris Collinsworth said it best during halftime... The biggest sleeper of the NFC was the Cowgirls during the first half of that thrashing. The second half only got worse.
The fact of the matter is that boom of the Saints this year is a great counter to the decline of the skins this year. The fact that the Saints rebuilt their mediocre-at-best team from last year mostly through free agency is directly comparable to the Skins devolution through over-priced free agents. The fact that the skins throw away their draft picks and make trades for an as-yet-unproven QB and a backup-backup RB, while the Saints turn a late rounder into Rookie of the Year is also a good comparison.
Posted by: Saints != Skins | December 11, 2006 1:00 PM
That said, Brees looked truly amazing, destroying the cover2 on that 50 yard bomb. LT is in a class of his own (already broken Alexander's record from last year with 3 to go -- and how many other franchise RB's have multiple PASSING TD's this year). It might have been interesting if McNabb had been healthy all year and continued to play like he did at the start of the season, but Brees is the pretty clear #2 MVP this year to me.
Posted by: Saints != Skins | December 11, 2006 1:07 PM
I think no team in sports history went through what the Saints went through last year. 3 and 13, homeless and so on goes Katrina. I'm not going to call them Superbowl contenders yet. But as far as historical NFL turnarounds, this has to be in the top 5 of all time. A team of unknowns steps up and beats an over-hyped QB and average NFC team. I think the Seahawks or the Bears stand between the Saints and the Suberbowl. In about two years, this team will be amazing.
Posted by: Unbiased Fan | December 11, 2006 1:18 PM
Ok, unbiased fan. One question for you, What do you mean, in about two years? For a team that was 3-13 a year ago to be 9-4 now is amazing in and of itself. To be able to make that turn around after having their home destroyed just shows the character of that city and region. The Saints are the face of the gulf coast, you can knock us down, but you can't keep us on our knees forever. Geaux Saints!!
Posted by: southernboy | December 11, 2006 2:25 PM
Breese has been the BIGGEST free agent addition that any team has made for this season. Having said that, the Saints got Bush and that WR, Marques Colston (7th Rounder from HOFSTRA) in the draft and both have had MAJOR impact on the team.
Further, yes, the team was 3-13 last season, but this team was constantly around .500 the previous years. The team had talent, they just made necessary additions on offense and defense, through the DRAFT, got a franchise QB and a competent coach who is hungry and the results speak for themselves.
Posted by: 761-091 | December 12, 2006 12:27 PM
Anybody notice how quiet the Cowgirl fans have been around the office this week?
That was one of the more enjoyable butt whippings I have seen in a long time. And, since the butt whipping was pretty much completed by the third quarter we all got to bed early.
Now, if Drew and his guys can joint LT and his guys in Miami ... that will be an interesting game.
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Posted by: Aiden | December 31, 2006 6:34 AM
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Brees is good. Everybody knew Brees was good. How many teams would have benefitted from a good passer.
The Redskins? The Cowboys?
Everybody. Meanwhile, the Redskins ended up a bunch of mediocre free agents. Bet the farm on Jason Campbell (We'll see about him), and spent a whole lot of money, and a good, franchise QB was available. Amazing that only the Saints were smart enough to make the great FA pickups and dropped players who were pretty mediocre themselves.
Now if I'm Danny Snyder, the one guy I might want to hire is the personnel guy down in NO. He apparently knows what he's doing.