While quarterback Drew Brees was smashing the single-season record for passing yards, the New Orleans Saints’ running backs were putting together an impressive season of their own. In fact, it may surprise you to find out the Saints’ running game finished sixth in the NFL, gaining 129.9 yards per game

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New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees Media Availability Tuesday, January 03, 2012 So much has been made of how good you and the team is in play action. Can you talk about it and how happy you are to have that weapon in your arsenal?

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Chase Daniel played an essential role on the night that Drew Brees broke Dan Marino’s passing yardage record. Daniel was the go-to guy on the sideline for teammates who wanted to know how close Brees was to the record

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The New Orleans Saints placed running back Mark Ingram and linebacker Will Herring on the injured reserve list on Tuesday. The moves are expected to be announced by Saints Coach Sean Payton at his press briefing later today. Offensive gaurd Eric Olsen and linebacker Nate Bussey are expected to take the rosters spots created by the transactions.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will meet with the local media after this evening’s practice. But here’s a transcript from his conference call Tuesday with teh Detroit media: On this potentially being a shoot-out type game: “Well, obviously I know how explosive Detroit is offensively. I also know that I think we feel like we’re playing (good) football as a team and as an offense, but you know, it seems like, typically, when you get weeks like this where everybody’s hyping up one side of the ball or the other, and you know, kind of predicting it to be a shoot-out or whatever–the defenses are off kind of quietly in the corner making sure they come out with their best performance and they take that as motivation.

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