The New Orleans Saints entered Sunday’s contest with their NFC South-rival Carolina Panthers needing to win and needing other results to fall their way if they wanted their shot at the NFC’s one and only first round bye in the 2020 playoffs. While said other results didn’t quite go as they had hoped, the Saints did their part with a resounding 33-7 victory over the Panthers, who fell to 5-11 with the loss as the Saints clinched the #2 seed and a clean sweep over all division foes, finishing 6-0 against NFC South opponents.
Their victory on Sunday was emphasized not only by a classic Drew Brees performance (22/32, 201 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT), but by the Saints defense making former Saints man Teddy Bridgewater’s day a living nightmare, intercepting him twice before Teddy Two Gloves was replaced by backup P.