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Drew Brees makes playoffs possible, but Saints must fix defense in camp

The New Orleans Saints open training camp on July 28 at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Here’s a closer look at the Saints’ camp, which wraps up back home in Metairie, Louisiana, on Aug. 25.

Top storyline: Can New Orleans finally fix its defense? The Saints can be playoff contenders if they can just make their defense respectable. But that has proved to be a tall order in recent years, as they have been wasting the back half of quarterback Drew Brees’ prime. Their defense has ranked 31st or worse in three of the past four seasons -- and last year they sank to new lows by shattering the NFL record for TD passes allowed (45).