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Brees sharp as Saints shut out Bengals

Aug 24, 2008 - 2:43 AM CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Drew Brees passed for 199 yards and a touchdown to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 13-0 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday.

Brees started and played the first five series, completing 14-of-22 passes. He drove the Saints 55 yards on their first possession before Martin Gramatica opened the scoring with a 42-yard field goal.

New Orleans' next drive went 65 yards and finished in the end zone when Brees hit Ronnie Ghent with a 1-yard TD pass to push the lead to 10-0.

Bengals starter Carson Palmer completed 11-of-16 passes for 105 yards, but was sacked three times. He was taken down at the end of the second quarter by Kevin Kaesviharn and Bobby McCray and went into the locker room with a bloody nose and cut lip.

The Saints capped the scoring on Taylor Mehlhaff's 45-yard field goal with 2:48 left in the third quarter.

Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh each sat out with injuries and recently re-signed Chris Henry has yet to make his preseason debut for Cincinnati.

Robert Meachem and Lance Moore each caught four passes for New Orleans.