Saints shred Eagles in Philly

When Campbell's Soup Co. calls Drew Brees to chow down a bowl of Chunky, it had better have one of those big crawfish pots fully simmering with the goop -- because the team's coming and we're hungry as hell.

This franchise is hungry. This organization is hungry. This city is hungry. And this offense can't serve up enough points -- although 93 points in two games is second-best in league history -- because we're too damn hungry.    

Check out Marques Colston scoring on Asante Samuel in the first quarter. Colston had two touchdowns for the day (three on the season), but it was the second one that came with just over a minute to play in the second half that was astounding: He was covered on a 25-yard post route to the end zone when Drew Brees missiled a high dart away from the defender and to Colston's back shoulder.

Colston, who at 6-4 can catch just about everything from his ankles to over his head, latched on to the pass like it was just another day of routine pass and catch. After the game he said he knew exactly where Drew was going to put it when he saw his quarterback's eyes.

I had a decent outing in the 48-22 romp, playing a pivotal role in the first drive with a few catches, one of those going for 22 yards. (Nice tackle Macho Harris (what a name!).) I finished with four. 

But I'm most proud of the fact that after the game, when Brees was explaining how well the offense is working together, he also threw in "Shockey's coming along."

Jshox redux! Huh bruh?

By the way, was anyone besides me surprised by the athleticism Heath Evans displayed when he tip-toed and spun down the sideline after catching a pass in the flat before lunging for the goal line past two defenders and reaching the ball inside the pylon? Dude's got game, and two touchdowns already with that play.

I don't like to post photos of the other team playing well, but I think this one is testament to Drew's toughness. And I'm in it too, so that helps.

Jshox recovered that fumble, by the way.

You know the Eagles defense is tough. And we certainly didn't think we'd throw up 40 or more on it. But that's how we dejected it.

After the game, Eagles defensive back Sheldon Brown had a couple things to say about the juggernaut that is us.

"They executed," Brown said in post-game interviews. "When you play that team, you have to create turnovers. And you can't have any. That's it."

Drew has now thrown for nine touchdowns. Nine, Eli!

Mike Bell had another solid game, even though he left in the fourth quarter with what Coach Sean Payton called a slight sprain. Let's hope he rebounds quickly.

Next Sunday we take on the Bills in Buffalo, where I expect Reggie Bush to take the load of snaps while Pierre Thomas is worked back into the rotation.

Reggie had a good game today too. Little dude gets fired up. We were whooping and hollering on the sideline when he scored on that nearly 20-yard run up the middle in the fourth quarter.


Here's Pierre Tweeting: "Who Dat! Our squad is something serious, we're in for one exciting year! Great win today, back to work tmro"

Oh, and how bout Darren Sharper, huh bruh? What a free agent pickup. He now has the most interceptions (50-something) of all active players in the NFL, but when he picked off Kevin Kolb at the end for a 97-yard score he actually tied Deion Sanders, at nine, for interceptions returned for touchdowns. 


That's crazy. Sharper has as many Pick Sixes as Neon Deion.  I heard coach owes him a dinner for that too. During practice last week coach was heard ribbing Sharper, who had two picks against Detroit, that at 33 he was too old to take one to the house.

"We want to have the mentality that if we have a team down,  we want to stomp on their throat and not let them come back," Sharper later said.

Sharper, my friend, be sure to order Oysters Bienville. Awesome appetizer.

And this game, Brees shared the ball with nine different receivers. 

"He gets the ball off quick," said Eagles cornerback Joselio Hanson. "It seemed like we were a step behind. He knows where he wants to go with the ball.

"Drew Brees is an animal. He's one of the best."