Drew Brees erased an early 14-0 deficit by throwing 4 touchdown passes in the first half to lead the Saints to a 35-28 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Brees passed for 377 yards and a touchdown pass to 4 different Saints receivers. Lance Moore had 9 catches for 121 yards and Marques Colston continued his hot play grabbing 7 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown.
Jonathan Vilma played his first game of the season for the Saints playing mostly in nickel situations. Vilma didn’t record a tackle but did make with score sheet with a pass defended that he almost intercepted.
The Buccaneers got off to a fast start scoring 14 points in the first 5 minutes of the game and took another 14 point lead just 1:42 seconds into the second quarter. From there, the offense stalled scoring just one more time late in the fourth quarter.
Josh Freeman passed for a career high 420 yards and had 3 touchdown passes. Freeman appeared lead the Buccaneers to within an extra-point of tying the game on it’s last play when he connected with Mike Williams in the back of the end zone. The play was called back because Williams stepped out of the back of the end zone and was the first player to touch the ball.
Next week, the Saints (2-4) travel to Denver to play the Broncos on Sunday Night Football, and the Buccaneers (2-4) will travel to Minnesota to play the Vikings on Thursday Night Football.
