NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees threw for four scores and the Saints rolled to a 51-29 victory over the Packers on Monday night.
Brees dismantled a Packers secondary that came in ranked third in the NFL with 176.3 yards passing allowed per game. He was 20-of-26 for 323 yards as New Orleans tied a club record for points scored in a game. Two of Brees’ touchdowns went to Lance Moore, including one for 70 yards.
“We spread the ball around pretty good,” Saints coach Sean Payton said. “You just saw (Brees) being very comfortable with where he was going each time, and I thought he was extremely efficient — and those guys up front did a good job for him as well.”
Brees remained on pace to break Dan Marino’s 1984 record of 5,084 yards passing in a season. He has 3,574 yards with five games remaining. He also has the Saints (6-5) feeling better about their hopes of rallying for a playoff spot.
The Packers (5-6) dropped a game behind Minnesota and Chicago in the race for first in the NFC North.
“We didn’t slow them down at all tonight,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “Give credit to the Saints and the play of their quarterback. He was on fire coming into the game and we didn’t cool him off any.”
