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OAKLAND, Calif. | Coming into the third exhibition game, the New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders talked about how this game would be a dress rehearsal for the season.

Consider Drew Brees and the Saints’ first-team offense ready, while the Raiders may not have enough time to fix what’s wrong in Oakland.

Brees completed 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards and drove the Saints to touchdowns on all three drives he played, leading New Orleans to a 45-7 preseason victory over the Raiders on Saturday.

“I just felt like we accomplished what we wanted to there with regards to playing with our tempo and our intensity,” Brees said. “We were able to get into a rhythm. When you walk away with three touchdowns on three possessions, that’s what you want to do.”

Those three drives went so well that coach Sean Payton pulled most of his starters early in the second quarter instead of playing them into the third quarter as planned.

Brees completed his first eight passes, as he had receivers open all over the field. The return of last year’s leading receiver, Lance Moore, from offseason shoulder surgery helped Brees’ cause. Moore had four catches for 29 yards, including a 5-yarder in the back of the end zone on Brees’ final pass.

“I felt great. I felt like I hadn’t missed a lot,” Moore said. “It was great being out there, getting hit and having fun in the game.”

Moore’s touchdown gave the Saints a 21-0 lead with 13 minutes, 53 seconds left in the half and brought an early end to Brees’ day and loud boos from a Raiders crowd that has seen plenty of bad football.

“Everything that could have possibly went wrong, went wrong today,” Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell said. “It was very embarrassing today. It was disrespectful to our fans, ourselves and our family to go out and perform that way.”

The Saints outgained Oakland 344-60 in the first half, posting 19 first downs to three for the Raiders. New Orleans finished with 536 yards of total offense.

“It looked good on the scoreboard but let’s look at it in the film room,” tight end Jeremy Shockey said. “We came all the way to California not for the wine but to get some good work in.”

The Associated Press

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If there were a "mercy rule" in preseason football, this game woulda been stopped at halftime !!