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BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS -- Jake Delhomme has several reasons to love the Saints.

They are seen as a passing juggernaut, but they score every other way as well. They have so many weapons on the ground and in the secondary.

Drew Brees sounds like a man who's embarrassed, and not because of all the compliments he's getting over the New Orleans Saints' perfect record through seven games.

The last time these teams met, in the 2007 opener, Peyton Manning torched the Saints' secondary and the Colts won 41-10. That wouldn't happen this time, and the lingering sting of that game is part of the reason.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is shown in action against the New York Jets in New Orleans.

The Falcons' defense has their most difficult challenge of this young season waiting for them Monday night.

Saints running back Mike Bell learned a valuable lesson during a two-year stint with the Denver Broncos, a lesson that serves him well this season as he shares the workload with teammates Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush.

We had an unprecented number of questions for this week's New Orleans Saints mailbag.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton met with the media today. Here is an edited transcript.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees leaps over the pile into the end zone to bring his team to 24-10 before halftime.

When the Saints run a two-minute drill during practice, money is riding on the outcome.

As a reminder, each Friday teams are required to report injury designations for all players appearing on the injury report in anticipation of player status for the upcoming weekend.

Fantasy editor Michael Fabiano was back for a live chat on Friday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions on injuries and lineup advice for Week 6. For more fantasy news, check out NFL.com's fantasy football blog .

First it was Saints RB Mike Bell who was seeing the red-zone touches this afternoon.

New Orleans a ' RB Mike Bell soared over the Giants defensive line midway through first quarter to give the Saints a 7-0 lead over the visiting New York Giants.

Drew Brees and Eli Manning have a lot in common lately. Both went to the Pro Bowl last winter and now lead undefeated teams.

Both highly touted fantasy sleepers entering the 2009 campaign, it was a rough start for Saints RB Pierre Thomas and Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, as neither did anything through the season's first two weeks.

It's not like the Saints have gone begging because they didn't have the full stable of running backs they expected to have the first four games.

Fantasy owners who have Saints RB Pierre Thomas have to be thrilled with the level of production he's given them since his return from an injured knee.

You think your excited about the New Orleans Saints returning to field this week against the New York Giants? Not as excited as Running back Mike Bell is to be coming off the bye and to be healthy.