O'HARA'S SCOUTING REPORT: New Orleans Saints

It wasn’t happenstance or blind luck that brought Drew Brees to New Orleans as Sean Payton’s quarterback when he became head coach of the Saints in 2006.

It wasn’t happenstance or blind luck that brought Drew Brees to New Orleans as Sean Payton’s quarterback when he became head coach of the Saints in 2006. A key connection helped forge the union of what became one of the NFL’s most successful coach-quarterback unions of the last decade.

The Lions will get another look at Brees in Monday night’s game at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. He often has been at his best in the five times the Lions have faced him in his 10 seasons in New Orleans, and they can expect no less than his best…