Brees helps Saints 大勝する Panthers in プレーオフ tune-up
Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes as the New Orleans Saints geared up for the postseason by 粉砕するing the host Carolina Panthers 42-10 in the 正規の／正選手-season finale Sunday afternoon at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
New Orleans (13-3), 目的（とする）ing for a first-週末 bye and 潜在的に 全体にわたる homefield advantage, would have to を待つ results 伴う／関わるing Green Bay and the San Francisco-Seattle game to 決定する its NFC seed.
Brees finished 19-for-30 for 253 yards.
The Panthers (5-11) lost their eighth game in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 as they finished in last place in the NFC South. They were 0-4 under 暫定的な coach Perry Fewell since the 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing of coach Ron Rivera.
New Orleans running 支援する Alvin Kamara 急ぐd for two touchdowns, 得点する／非難する／２０ing from 15 and 1 yards for the first two touchdowns of the game.
Linebacker A.J. Klein, a former Panther, 迎撃するd a Will Grier pass and returned it 14 yards for a second-４半期/4分の1 touchdown.
Brees threw second-４半期/4分の1 touchdown passes to Tre'Quan Smith for 1 yard and to Jared Cook for 21 yards.
The Saints held a 35-0 lead by late in the second ４半期/4分の1 on the way to 広範囲にわたる the season series from the Panthers. Carolina finally 得点する／非難する／２０d on Joey Slye's 23-yard field goal with 36 seconds left in the first half.
In the third ４半期/4分の1, Brees connected with Taysom Hill for a 45-yard touchdown play.
Quarterback Kyle Allen was 25 of 41 for 295 yards for the Panthers. He was 迎撃するd in the end zone on the team's final 所有／入手 of the season.
Grier, starting in his second NFL game and his first at home, 出口d in the first half with a foot 傷害. Grier was 1-for-8 for 4 yards before 出発／死ing.
Panthers running 支援する Christian McCaffrey 得点する／非難する／２０d on a 1-yard run in the third ４半期/4分の1. He finished with 26 yards on nine carries and 72 yards on seven catches. He became the third player in NFL history with 1,000 急ぐing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season, joinin g Marshall Faulk (1999) and Roger Craig (1985).
Carolina struggled to get a first 負かす／撃墜する in the first half, going 深い into the second ４半期/4分の1 with only one first 負かす／撃墜する -- and that （機の）カム 経由で a 刑罰，罰則.
--Field Level マスコミ
