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Quiet Colston lets clutch catches speak for him

Posted January 11, 2012 on AP on Fox
PLAYERS: Drew Brees,  Marques Colston,  Jimmy Graham
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints

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Drew Brees says he and receiver Marques Colston are connecting as well as ever in the New Orleans Saints' passing game. Colston had 120 yards receiving in the Saints' playoff-opening win over Detroit last weekend and had three 100-yard games and five touchdowns in his last seven regular-season games. This season, the low-key Colston missed two games with a broken collarbone but still finished second on the club in yards with 1,143 and tied for second in touchdown catches with eight. Colston averaged 81.6 yards receiving in his 14 games. Had he maintained that for all 16, he would have posted 1,306 yards, four fewer than tight end Jimmy Graham, who led the Saints and ranked seventh in the NFL. The Saints play at San Francisco in a second-round playoff game on Saturday.
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