The New Orleans Saints were surprised with a crushing 31-6 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With this victory, the defending NFL champions manage to recover from the defeat 20-30 of the previous week on his visit to the Arizona Cardinals. This gave the opportunity to the Saints up from third to second place in the NFC South division. The Saints are a franchise that its history in the NFL has had an irregular participation and until last year had failed to stand out as a strong team. Willing to let go of the past, during the 2009-10 season the Saints completed so far has been the best of his seasons. With a final record of 13 consecutive victories and three defeats, the Black and Gold became the best team in the NFC. On that occasion, New Orleans made all postseason games at home. In those encounters won 45-14 at Arizona Cardinals and eliminated loa Minnesota Vikings 31-28.

With this the Saints won their direct pass to Super Bowl XLIV where were crowned champions after beating the Colts 31-17 in Indianapolis. The champions of the NFL began the current season with 2 consecutive triumphs. The third week they fell before the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 in a complicated encounter. The fourth week they suffer before Carolina Panthers but they manage to win 14-16. Then the Arizona team was responsible for sending to third place in the division to a few Saints that they made many mistakes during the match. During his visit to Tampa Bay, the Saints have corrected errors in its offensive, which found its best offensive weapon in the ground attack. New Orleans blurred and completely crushed the defensive opposite, which was strongly pushed sideways and backward throughout the game. New Orleans seized the pitch for Tampa Bay from the first quarter, to put in front on the scoreboard with a touchdown from 41 yards by Lance Moore, who had no problem to enter the zone of the Bucs.