With only six games remaining in the season, the 5-5 Saints know they have to make a move and string some wins together to have even the slightest chance at making the playoffs.

They're in last place in the NFC South, one game behind the third-place Atlanta Falcons (6-4).

The Saints also know their standing in the division will sort itself out as they have games with Carolina, Tampa Bay and Atlanta over the final five weeks of the season—starting with a Nov. 30 matchup with Tampa.

Yet, the Saints know none of that will matter unless they can win back-to-back games for the first time this season Monday night when they face the Green Bay Packers (5-5) in the Superdome.

The lawyer for three New Orleans Saints players facing suspension said Wednesday the NFL's independent drug adminstrator acknowledged he did not inform NFL players that the supplement StarCaps contained a banned diuretic. During the players' appeals hearing, attorney David Cornwell said that Dr. John Lombardo's testimony proved none of his clients -- Deuce McAllister, Will Smith or Charles Grant --...

Like a slick and experienced salesman, Drew Brees knows how to close. Kansas City, desperate for a win, scored in the fourth quarter to get within seven points and had the home crowd raising a ruckus. But Brees coolly took the NFL's top-ranked offense on a 12-play drive that ate 6 minutes and 27 seconds off the clock and was capped by Garrett Hartley's 35-yard field goal.