Unfortunately for Drew Brees, his three interceptions will echo louder than his 510 yards passing, a team record.

Brees was intercepted twice in the red zone, including at the end of the first half. He was picked a third time late in the game, which was returned for a touchdown.

The Saints offense continues to be historically prolific but frustratingly turnover-prone. Four Saints turnovers - Terrance Copper lost another fumble today - versus only one for the Bengals were enough to overcome ridiculous 595 total yards of offense and 29 first downs.

The Bengals started off scoring on the opening drive when Carson Palmer's rainbow to Chad Johnson was perfect. The loquacious Johnson abused CB Fred Thomas multiple times deep today as Thomas returned from a hamstring injury. Palmer hit twice more for long passes in the four quarter on back-to-back drives, and Johnson finished with 190 of Palmer's 275 passing yards and all three of his touchdowns. Palmer was for the more part perfect, intercepted once in the end zone by MLB Mark Simoneau and sacked only once by Will Smith. Brees was hurried multiple times and sacked twice by Bengals S Kevin Kaesviharn.

RB Reggie Bush got on track today with his third best rushing performance with 51 yards on 13 carries. But Bush shows new patience in his runs, once letting Jeff Faine escort him through a hole and fighting the urge to race to the sideline. Bush still lost yardage on several passes and a punt return as the Saints coaching staff tries to bridle their talented young colt. Bush went over 100 yards total on the day with 58 yards on eight catches and seven yards on two punt returns. RB Deuce McAllister gained 40 yards on 10 carries and 29 yards on three catches.

Brees' first touchdown came early when he took a pitch back from McAllister and turned the flea flicker into a 72-yard bomb. Brees' fantastic deep pass found Joe Horn in the middle of three Bengals, who took out each other's legs as Horn scooted into the end zone to tie the score at 7-7 in the first quarter. The Bengals found only three more points in the Saints' defense that half. A field goal by former Saint training camp kicker Shayne Graham came only after Carson Palmer's third down short-yardage quarterback keeper was snuffed out by a great play by Rodney Leisle, who used one of his massive, tattooed arms to fend off an interior lineman while stretching to put another around Palmer's waist.

While the Saints moved the ball up and down the field, two end zone interceptions by the Bengals in the second quarter, the second in the final seconds of the first half, kept the halftime score at 10-7 even though the Saints had outgained the Bengals 294 to 146 in the first half.

The fourth quarter started 10-7 after a scoreless third but Bengals started the final period with back-to-back bombs to Johnson, one for 60 yards and another for 48, and turned both into 14 points that put the Bengals in front 24-10. Carney converted a 24-yard field goal at the start of the fourth quarter after McAllister was denied the end zone on three straight runs inside the red zone, but Carney's second extra point attempt was blocked after a touchdown strike and dive to Terrance Copper under five minutes to go.

The Bengals got the ball back and fed it to Rudi Johnson six straight times before punting to the Saints at the two minute warning. The former Auburn Tiger finished with 111 yards on 27 carries, 44 yards in the final quarter. Brees was six-for-six in a final frantic drive that ended with a 21-yard strike to Terrance Copper to the Bengal 9 as the final seconds ticked off the clock.

Brees' 37 completions was also a franchise single-game record and his 3114 yards on the season so far put him on pace to break Jim Everett's season record for yardage by almost 1000 yards. With Horn double covered and Marques Colston out early with an ankle injury, Devery Henderson, Terrance Copper and the Saints' three dynamic runningbacks did most of the damage in the passing game.

Henderson had nine catches for 169 yards while Copper had six for 87. Horn's three catches for 97 yards were all tough, while Bush, McAllister and Aaron Stecker combined for 16 for 140 yards. Tight ends Billy Miller and Mark Campbell caught three for 21 together. Brees' two end zone interceptions were meant for a wide open Devery Henderson and a double covered Mark Campbell. His third was intended for Aaron Stecker but returned by rookie Ethan Kilmer for a touchdown from 52 yards out.

The Saints' four turnovers were bad, but they did improve with only four penalties, all on offense. Mike Karney and Mark Campbell were guilty of false starts in the first quarter, Brees took an intention delay of game on fourth down and Jahri Evans was guilty of holding. That penalty erased a six-yard first down run by Reggie Bush and killed the Saints' second third quarter drive. The Bengals were better than the Saints with only two penalties, both in the defensive backfield.

Colston's ankle sprain, suffered while blocking and getting caught by traffic from behind, didn't prevent him from pacing the sidelines before and after visiting the locker room.

The Saints are now 6-4 and tied with the Panthers in the NFC South, who for now own the tie breaker. The Saints travel to Atlanta next week to face the reeling 5-5 Falcons, who have yet to win in the month of November.