New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’s stat-line against the Chicago Bears in the Saints’ 21-9 Wild Card Weekend win looked like the kind of efficient stat-line fans came to expect from him from 2017-2019. Brees was 28 of 39 for 265 yards and a pair of touchdowns, with no interceptions. While not exactly a barnburner, there was a confidence in how he was throwing that hasn’t always been there for him in recent weeks.
A big part of that confidence undoubtedly came from the return of Michael Thomas, his favorite target. While Deonte Harris was the leading receiver for the Saints with 83 yards on seven catches, Thomas also logged five catches of his own for 73 yards, a nice return to form after missing the last three weeks of the regular season due to injury.