If this is the end for Drew Brees, the script was familiar.
The New Orleans Saints could have won Sunday’s divisional playoff game. The defense did a good job against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Had the Saints just avoided big mistakes, they’d be going to the NFC championship game. Four Saints turnovers, including three interceptions by Brees, were the difference.
The Buccaneers didn’t play a great game, but it was good enough to beat the Saints 30-20 and get Brady to his 14th conference championship game, this one in the NFC.