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The numbers, phenomenal as they are, pretty much are up to Drew Brees standards. A couple may be a tad off but if they are, it’s due to outsized expectations he has created through years of unparalleled excellence.

Through three games he has completed 81 of 127 passes (63.8 percent) for 1,021 yards and six touchdowns, with four interceptions, for the undefeated (3-0) New Orleans Saints as they prepare for a showdown on "Monday Night Football" against the undefeated Miami Dolphins (3-0) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

But there are two numbers that Brees and his offensive line obviously want to see reduced: times Brees has been sacked (10) and times he has been pressured (14).

Opponents have been a little too productive in those areas and though football is a bruising game played by men who continuously are sore and battered from battle, a reduction of the punishment Brees is absorbing will be a welcome one.



John DeShazier: Saints linemen know they have to protect Drew Brees better

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