New Orleans Beats Tennessee 22-17 [PHOTOS]

Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes to Marques Colston in the fourth quarter, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Tennessee Titans 22-17.

New Orleans (10-3) clinched at least an NFC wild-card playoff spot with the victory and the Bears’ loss to Denver.

The Saints lead the NFC South by two games over Atlanta with three to play. Brees completed 36 of 47 passes for 337 yards and the two scores to Colston, who caught seven passes for 105 yards. Tennessee (7-6), which lost starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck to a calf injury in the first half, could not complete a rally behind rookie Jake Locker.

Locker ran six yards for one score and threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Nate Washington with 5:58 remaining to bring the Titans within five points. Two subsequent drives stalled deep in Saints’ territory, including a sack of Locker at the New Orleans’ 5-yard line on the game’s final play. Locker finished with 282 passing yards and 36 more on the ground. Washington caught six passes for 130 yards and the touchdown. Titans’ star running back Chris Johnson was held to just 23 yards on 11 carries.

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