mprove his conditioning for Kellys fast-paced offense.He likes guys who can play inside and outside, with speed and you have to be smart, St

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With Drew Brees big arm, a 1-2 running punch in Mark Ingram and Tim Hightower and all of those capable receiving targets, the New Orleans Saints suddenly are looking like a legitimate contender again.Forget that 0-3 start. Brees still has big plans for this bunch.He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Michael Thomas and another to Ingram, who also ran for a 75-yard score a week after being benched as the Saints beat the lowly San Francisco 49ers 41-23 on Sunday.I want to win. I want to win a championship. I want to see this team come together and do something special, Brees said. Weve won four out of five and weve really grown over the last five weeks. Im excited about the second half of the season. Here we are, halfway through 4-4 again. I feel like our best is yet to come. Weve got some momentum now.Ingram, replaced by Hightower during last Sundays 25-20 win against Seattle after fumbling for a second straight game, scored his second straight TD for the Saints on a career-long run to answer immediately after DuJuan Harris caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Colin Kaepernick. Ingrams run also was the second-longest in Saints history and he wound up with 158 yards rushing as San Francisco allowed an opposing 100-yard runner for the seventh straight game.Afterward, Hightower made sure to find Ingram with some kind words.To see him respond the way he did, Im proud of him, Hightower said. Thats not easy to do.The Saints (4-4) have grabbed back some momentum and returned to the race in the NFC South. They won for the fourth time in five games following an 0-3 start and eighth in the last 10 regular-season meetings with San Francisco.Brees dazzled in his debut game at Levis Stadium, where Fire Baalke signs showed up on cars and in the stands in reference to the beleaguered 49ers general manager. The QB completed 28 of 39 passes for 323 yards in the Saints first trip to San Franciscos home field since a 36-32 loss in the divisional playoffs after the 2011 season.Brees now has 449 career touchdown passes, leaving him one shy of becoming the third player to throw for 450 TDs. Peyton Manning (539) and Hall of Famer Brett Favre (508) are the others.Kaepernick also threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Vance McDonald just before halftime, when New Orleans led 31-20. In Kaepernicks third game back as starter, he had his best game yet: He became the 15th player in franchise history to rush for 2,000 yards and went 24 of 39 for 398 yards passing -- second most yards of his career.Today was a step in the right direction, Kaepernick said.But the Niners (1-7) didnt have nearly enough to avoid their seventh straight loss since shutting out the Rams to start the year.Hightower, who became the Saints first 100-yard rusher of the season last week against Seattle, ran for a 4-yard touchdown in the first to put his team ahead for good. Craig Robertsons interception of a pass by Kaepernick and return of 29 yards just four plays later set up Brees 1-yard touchdown pass to Thomas .Phil Dawson kicked field goals of 49, 48 and 46 yards for San Francisco.STEADY BREESBrees added more notables to his remarkable resume: He has 55 career games passing for at least 300 yards while throwing three touchdown passes, most in NFL history. Also, he didnt have an interception Sunday, becoming the first player in league history with 30 career games recording 300 yards passing, three TDs and no interceptions.STUPENDOUS STUPARFormer 49ers linebacker Nate Stupar forced Mike Davis fumble and recovered it early in the third quarter, the second straight big game for the journeyman in his fourth NFL season.Last week, he intercepted a pass by Russell Wilson.BIG-PLAY TOUCHDOWNSBreakdowns for both defenses led to the high-scoring, offensive day. The first half accounted for 663 of total offense combined -- 484 yards passing by Brees and Kaepernick together -- and 1,057 in all once the game was over.The teams came into the game as two of the leagues worst defenses, San Francisco at No. 30 and New Orleans 28th.HOLDING, TIMES THREEJust before halftime, 49ers defenders Eric Reid, Keith Reaser and Jimmie Ward were flagged for simultaneous, intentional holding penalties against a trio of receivers to keep the Saints targets from getting open in the end zone. New Orleans had only one more chance and settled for Wil Lutzs 26-yard field goal as time expired.San Francisco was penalized four times early, too -- two on its first defensive series and two more on its initial offensive possession that had the Niners settling for Phil Dawsons 49-yard field goal.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLVente Baskets Pas Cher . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Baskets Pas Cher Femme . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. http://www.basketspascherchine.fr/ . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Baskets Pas Cher . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. Baskets Pas Cher Chine .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The San Francisco 49ers have had to remake their inexperienced receiving group on the fly this summer.After losing projected contributors Bruce Ellington and Eric Rogers to season-ending injuries during training camp, the Niners made two late deals to acquire Jeremy Kerley and Rod Streater to bring in some needed experience to go along with Torrey Smith.Before those trades, Smith was the only receiver on the 49ers roster who had more than 30 catches in a single season. With coach Chip Kelly often using at least three receivers at a time and running an up-tempo offense that requires a rotation at the position, it was paramount to add some help before the start of the season next Monday against the Los Angeles Rams.These guys going to have to play -- like right away, Smith said Wednesday. They have their work cut out for them this week, but we know they have the talent to get it done.They join a group that also includes starter Quinton Patton and rookie Aaron Burbridge. But neither of those players has had as much production in their careers as Kerley and Streater have.Kerley was acquired from Detroit to play the slot position after Ellington was placed on season-ending injured reserve with a hamstring injury.Kerley has had success in that role in the past during his time with the New York Jets. He caught a career-high 56 passes for 827 yards in 2012 and had 43 catches the following year before his production started to taper off.We lost Bruce and we kind of replaced him with a guy that has similar traits, offensive coordinator Curtis Modkins said. I think Jeremys going to be very productive for us. Im happy hes here.Streater also has not put up big numbers in recent years, but the Niners hope he can revive his career and fill the void created on the outside when Rogers went down with a knee injury. The Niners had big plans for Rogers this season after signing him out of the CFL but had to adjust when he got hurt in a non-contact special teams drill early in camp.ddddddddddddStreater, a former undrafted free agent, caught 60 passes for 888 yards in his second NFL season with the Oakland Raiders in 2013. He played just three games the following year before breaking his foot and was relegated to inactive duty most of last season when he played just one game and caught only one pass.I like what Rod brings, Modkins said. One, he has some length. He can run. Hes had some production in this league and you know, when we lost Eric, we felt like Eric would kind of give us some of that downfield, a bigger guy that can move. I think Streater kind of replaces that.Streater signed in the offseason with Kansas City before being acquired by San Francisco on Saturday prior to roster cuts. He arrived in the Bay Area on Sunday and immediately started putting in long days to learn the offense and to improve his conditioning for Kellys fast-paced offense.He likes guys who can play inside and outside, with speed and you have to be smart, Streater said. I feel like I learn the plays very fast. I play inside and outside. Thats whats most important, learning the plays and being interchangeable.Game notesRB Carlos Hyde practiced for the first time since suffering a concussion on Aug. 26 in a preseason game. He wore a blue non-contact jersey but is ready to play. Im good to go, he said. ... DL Glenn Dorsey has not participated in full practices after tearing his right ACL last November. He took part in individual drills in the early part of practice open to the media on Wednesday.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '