Saints wallop Packers

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees shredded the Green Bay secondary.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees threw for four scores, Deuce McAllister set a Saints record with his 54th career touchdown and New Orleans rolled to a 51-29 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.

Brees dismantled a Packers’ secondary that came in ranked third in the NFL with 176.3 yards passing allowed per game.

Brees was 20-of-26 for 323 yards. Two of his touchdowns went to Lance Moore, one for 70 yards.

Green Bay starter Aaron Rodgers’ attempt to keep up resulted in three interceptions. Jason David picked off two passes, returning the first to the 3 to set up McAllister’s record TD run.

Leading 24-21 at the half, the Saints took control with a long touchdown drive and a 70-yard scoring catch by Marques Colston.

Two plays after the Saints’ first touchdown of the third quarter, David picked off Rodgers after receiver Greg Jennings slipped on a cut, returning it to the Packers’ 3-yard line. That play set up McAlister’s touchdown as he powered over the goal line, passing Dalton Hilliard in the Saints’ record book.

Later in the quarter, Brees found Colston on a streak route down the sideline, beating cornerback Charles Woodson and safety Aaron Rouse with 2:37 left.

David, inactive for two games earlier this year, was in the lineup only because of season-ending injuries to Tracy Porter and Mike McKenzie. He was booed all preseason by Saints fans after getting beaten regularly as a starter in 2007.

Rodgers, who completed nine of his last 10 passes in the first half, had a tough third quarter. In addition to David’s two interceptions, he threw another pass that cornerback Randall Gay dropped with a clear path to the end zone.

Brees threw two touchdown passes to Lance Moore in the first half, going 13 of 16 for 194 yards and surpassing the average that Green Bay gives up in a game. The Packers entered with the NFL’s No. 3 pass defense, but Brees completed 13 in a row after misfiring on his first attempt as he continued his assault on the NFL single-season passing record.

In a back-and-forth first half, New Orleans went ahead for the last time on Garrett Hartley’s 30-yard field goal with 2 seconds left, getting a huge boost from Courtney Roby’s 62-yard kickoff return to the Green Bay 32. The Saints looked like they might score a fourth touchdown when they had first-and-goal at the 7, but a false-start penalty and two consecutive Brees incomplete passes forced them to settle for the field goal.

Moore’s second scoring reception, a 14-yarder, gave the Saints a 21-14 lead with 8:19 left in the half.