Who Dat? Dat Be the best football team in the NFL in 2009 the New Orleans Saints; the team that showed the New England Patriots Monday night the reason they are now 11-0 and 6-0 at the “Superdome.” The Saints were just an unstoppable force as they just battered the Patriots without mercy winning in a total rout 38-17. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was pretty close to perfect as he completed 18/23 passes for a total of 371 yards and 5 touchdowns.

On the other side of the field New England QB Tom Brady certainly did not look terrific as he could complete just 21/36 pass attempts  for 237 yards with 0 touchdowns and two interceptions. The loss for the Patriots put them at 7-4 still atop a mediocre AFC East Division. The Saints join the Indianapolis Colts as the only two teams without a loss this season at 11-0. 

On Sunday November 15, the Patriots lost a game they should have won against the Colts. A porous New England defense and the biggest coaching blunder of Bill Belichick’s career in the NFL would  cost them that game. The Patriots did not give up this game on Monday night to New Orleans. The Saints were on a mission from the beginning of this contest. There was no “Battle  of New Orleans” on this night; just a good old fashioned butt-kicking.

New England fans had little to celebrate after the completion of the first quarter. Although the Saints would score first as John Carney kicked a field goal from 30 yards out with 11:18 left in the first the Patriots would hold the lead at the end of the period as running back Laurence Maroney sprinted 4 yards into the end zone with 3:39 left to play. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski  got the extra point and New England held a 7-3 lead at the end of the quarter.

That would be where the Patriots highlight reel would stop and the massacre started by the team from the “Big Easy.” The Saints would take the lead for good with 13:04 left in the second as Brees  connected with Pierre Thomas for an 18 yard touchdown. Carney kicked the extra point and New Orleans lead 10-7. Just a little over 3:00 later Brees would hoist a 75 yard pass to Devery Henderson for another touchdown. Carney once again kicked the extra point and with 10:02 left in the half the rout was on as the Saints now led 17-7.

When the smoke cleared at the end of the first half the Patriots were trailing 24-10 and never came close to being any sort  of threat in the final 30 minutes of play. There will be no second guessing after this loss; the New Orleans Saints showed a machine like efficiency in the way they just dominated this game from the second quarter onward. This was just a simple case of a truly great team beating a pretty good team; to state it any other way would be doing an injustice to both clubs.

New Orleans improves to a perfect 11-0 for the campaign and will travel to the Nation’s Capital next Sunday as they face off against the ’Skins who are 3-8. The Patriots are now 7-4 and will play next Sunday in Miami as they take on the Dolphins who are 5-6.

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