Drew Brees' sixth touchdown in a single game is the Saints Play of Day 96
Drew Brees' sixth touchdown in a single game is the Saints Play of Day 96 TD No. 6 from QB No. 9 is our pick for Saints Play of the Day
There are 96 days to go until the New Orleans Saints start their 2025 regular season, which means we're highlighting Drew Brees (who wore No. 9, of course) and touchdown pass No. 6 against the Detroit Lions back in 2009, which you can see here.
The game was surprisingly competitive. Coming off a winless 2008 campaign, the Lions put up a great fight and were battling the Saints hard deep into the second half. Then Brees and the New Orleans offense showed why they were ready to go win a Super Bowl by putting the game out of reach in the fourth quarter. Brees threw six touchdown passes on the day. While his sixth wasn't the most impressive throw of his career, it exemplified everything he and the Saints offense did well that season.
Brees dropped back, buying time on a delayed screen to fullback Heath Evans. His timing was perfect and Evans caught the pass to turn uphill with many blockers in front of him. No team ran the screen better than the Saints did in 2009. Center Jonathan Goodwin and right guard Jahri Eavns were the first on the scene, bulldozing a couple of Lions defenders out of the way so Evans could work his way to the sideline -- putting just enough of an angle on the defense to where he could tiptoe into the end zone for a score.
That put the tally at 44-27, and a John Carney field goal pushed it one point further. The Saints won their season opener, put the NFL on notice, and started a journey that ended with Brees hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.
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