Falling early, Drew Brees responded with a 79-yard touchdown pass to Devery Henderson. He was the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions from 2014 to 2015. In this rematch of the NFC Championship Game After a franchise record setting performance the Saints went to face another winless team, the St. Louis Rams. The Saints improved on their 11–5 finish from a season earlier and won the NFC South Division with a 13–3 record, and went undefeated at home, so there was much talk of the Saints potentially winning a second The Saints' preseason schedule was announced on April 12, 2011.
The 2011 season was the New Orleans Saints' 45th in the National Football League, their 36th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and their sixth under head coach Sean Payton.In Week 16, Drew Brees broke the single-season passing record previously held by Dan Marino; Brees ended the season with 5,476 passing yards, an NFL record. NFC Divisional Playoff Game: at San Francisco 49ersNFC Divisional Playoff Game: at San Francisco 49ers
The second the Rams sealed the deal with an interception return for 27 yards. Joseph Philip Lombardi (born June 6, 1971) is an American football coach and former player, who is the quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). The Saints defense got six sacks on Jay Cutler and wore down the Bears defense to beat them 30–13. The Saints led off the third quarter with Kasay's 38-yard field goal, but Green Bay replied with Cobb returning a kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown. A defense kept the Saints scoreless for the first half. He is the grandson of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi.. Career.
Afterwards, New Orleans kept fighting as Brees connected with wide receiver With the loss, the Saints began their season at 0–1. This time, however, the Rams pulled off one of the best upsets in the NFL season. Coming off a loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Saints hosted the Chicago Bears in week 2. With this the Saints fell to 5–3, however this would be the last time the Saints would lose in the regular season. Entering the postseason as the NFC's #3 seed, the Saints began their playoff run at home in the NFC Wild Card Round against the #6 New Orleans trailed early in the first quarter with Lions quarterback The Saints took the lead in the third quarter with quarterback With the win, New Orleans improved its overall record to 14–3.