The Saints finally played a good game in the pre-season.  The defense looked sharp and the offense just played good enough to make it stand.  Drew Brees was very sharp as he completed all 6 of his pass attempts for 55 yards.  Jamie Martin relieved him and he was sharp completing 14 of 19 passes for 139 yards.  Matt Baker was brought in by Coach Paytonto compete for the #3 job on the Saints and he completed 7 of 13 passes for 75 yards.  Each of the three top running backs on the Saints scored a TD running the football.  Antonio Pittman (6 car, 17 yards), Deuce McAllister (3 car, 15 yards) and Reggie Bush (4 car, 13 yards) all hit paydirt on Saturday Night.  Lance Moore had an outstanding game at WR as he led the team with 6 grabs for 70 yards (11.7 avg).  The Saints didn’t put up big numbers on offense despite scoring 27 points.  They rushed for 67 yards on 23 carries (2.9 ypc) and they also completed 27 of 38 passes for 216 yards.

The Saints defense stepped up on Saturday Night and they need to keep up the good work.  The Bengals carried the football 27 times for 87 yards (3.2 ypc) and they completed 25 of 43 passes for 180 yards.

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