Turnovers kill the Saints in 27-14 loss
If not for the turnovers Saturday night, the Saints might have beaten the Colts. The QBs combined to throw 3 pick-offs which was the only thing stopping the Saints. Drew Brees completed 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, but he threw 2 pick-offs. Jamie Martin completed 6 of 9 passes for 75 with a TD and an INT.
The running game looked fantastic. Deuce McAllister ran the ball 6 times for 62 yards (10.3 ypc) and a TD. Reggie Buch had 5 carries for 22 yards (4.4 ypc) and caught 5 passes for 20 yards. Jamal Branch ran the ball 3 times for 33 yards and caught 2 passes for 25 yards.
The Saints played great defense against the run, holding the Colts to 60 yards on 38 carries, for an average of 1.6 yards per carry! The Colts passed well against the Saints though. The Colts completed 56.1% of their passes for a net of 296 yards passing.

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