Drew Brees to play vs. Colts
— -- MANDEVILLE, La. -- Drew Brees doesn't appear to be showing any rust after his two-week hiatus to rest a strained oblique.
The New Orleans Saints quarterback has looked sharp in practice this week -- especially Wednesday night. Brees threw a handful of nice touchdown passes during full-team red zone drills, including a hard strike right in receiver Robert Meachem's breadbasket. However, one of Brees' passes intended for Jimmy Graham was rejected by the star of Wednesday's practice, safety Jairus Byrd.
Brees even took off scrambling for a long gain up the middle at one point.
After practice, Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed the obvious -- that Brees is indeed "ready to go" for Saturday night's preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Brees is expected to play about a half, which would be his typical workload in a third preseason game.
"I thought he looked pretty sharp tonight. There were a handful of throws that were exceptional," said Payton, who pointed out the way Brees was gradually increasing his workload off to the side during practice over the past two weeks. "I think we've handled it the right way, and he is pretty smart and he knew where he was at. My only concern was [whether] we had set our mind on a game maybe, and that really shouldn't dictate his healing.
"Now, it happened to be that he feels ready to go. I'm sure he's going to play, and we'll figure out how many snaps in this game. But he looked pretty sharp tonight."
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