By Nakia Hogan, The Times-Picayune
December 01, 2009, 4:48AM

Do you believe now?

It might not be a bad time to start, especially after what happened in front of 70,768 fans at a sold-out Superdome and before millions more on national television Monday night.

Despite roaring to a franchise-record 10 consecutive victories to the open the season, there was still some questions about the validity of the New Orleans Saints and their star quarterback Drew Brees.

No more.

Brees passed for five touchdowns as the Saints scored an emphatic 38-17 victory over the New England Patriots.

“It does (validate the Saints) in the public’s eye,” Saints safety Darren Sharper said, “because everyone still believes in the Patriots, and they are one of the best teams in the NFL and everyone and maybe all you guys in here thought they were going to come in here and knock us off. And we took that as a challenge and motivation.”

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