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NFL MVP Candidates Other Than Peyton Manning
At the moment, it’s very difficult seeing anyone but Peyton Manning, due to his incredible start to the season, winning the NFL MVP. However, there’s still an outside chance for quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers to turn the tide, while Reggie Bush and even Justin Houston should be taken into consideration for the award.
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New Orleans Saints – Drew Brees Makes 400 Yards Look Easy
It was the 10th time Drew Brees threw for over 400 yards since joining the New Orleans Saints, getting plenty of help from Jimmy Graham and Darren Sproles, but the main difference from the perfect team this season than the train wreck of a year ago is with Sean Payton.
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New Orleans Saints – Drew Brees Suddenly Has a Defense to Help Him
The New Orleans Saints had the worst defense in the NFL last season, but that something that seems to be changing. Drew Brees isn’t forced to score on each drive, and all of a sudden there’s a chance that with Sean Payton back on the sidelines, they’re the cream of the crop in the NFC South once again.
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Oldest Starting NFL Quarterbacks Heading into the 2013 Season
The 2013 NFL season begins with the same names at quarterback still being mentioned as the best in the game, even if they are also among the oldest in the league. Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees are still among the best if not the best in the NFL, while the 2004 draft class has suddenly aged without us really noticing.
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New Orleans Saints – Hiding Things Until the Regular Season
It seems that everything the New Orleans Saints are doing this preseason isn’t about going all the way, but about keeping things, schemes and plays under a lid. Restraining Drew Brees and their revamped defense, in hope it’ll pay off once the regular season starts.
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New Orleans Saints – Drew Brees Can’t Look Any More Ready Than This
It seems that it doesn’t matter what wide receivers Drew Brees has to work with. If the New Orleans Saints have a quiet offseason without any X-Gates causing team-crippling disasters, they have a good enough quarterback to make anything work.
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The 100 Million Dollar Men of the NFL
By signing the most expensive contract (per season) in NFL history, Joe Flacco became the highest paid player in the league (obviously), but as history tells us, getting these $100 million deals doesn’t always mean that it’s an actual “lifetime” contract, as players like Michael Vick, Drew Bledsoe and Daunte Culpepper might choose to tell.
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Philadelphia Eagles – The Defense Quarterbacks Love to Play Against
The Philadelphia Eagles under Juan Castillo as the defensive coordinator, through the first six games of the season? The record was 3-3, with the defense allowing 20.8 points per game. Andy Reid fires Castillo and Todd Bowles takes over. How bad is it? Five straight defeats, allowing 31.4 points per game.
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Atlanta Falcons – Defense Destroys Drew Brees
There was nothing really special about the Atlanta Falcons and their offense in a huge win that takes them to 11-1 this season, very close to clinching the NFC South. Matt Ryan was pedestrian, Michael Turner wasn’t anything special. But their defense picked Drew Brees apart, forcing five interceptions out of him, on their way to a 23-13 victory.
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New Orleans Saints – Winning Despite Drew Brees Being Less Than Amazing
Weird things happened on this Monday Night Football in New Orleans. No, the Saints didn’t suddenly shut down on defense, still giving up over 400 yards for the 8th straight time, the longest streak since at least 1950. But they did enough, mostly blitzing and blitzing well; enough to make Drew Brees have an OK night and still come away with the 28-13 win.