The NFL's two best offenses figure to dazzle and delight fans at the Louisiana Superdome on Monday night, as the New Orleans Saints put their unbeaten record on the line against the New England Patriots in a possible Super Bowl preview.

The Saints, who moved to 10-0 for the first time in their history with a 38-7 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday, carry the NFL's No. 1 attack (420.5 yards per game) into Monday's contest.

An offense led by quarterback Drew Brees, who entered Week 12 as the league leader in touchdown passes with 22, is scoring at a league-best 36.9 point-per game clip and is also tops in the NFL in touchdowns scored (48) and rushing touchdowns (18).

The Saints are on pace to score 590 points before 2009 draws to a close, which would better the current mark of 589, set just two seasons ago by none other than the New England Patriots.

And though this group of Patriots hasn't lit up the scoreboard at the same rate that the '07 team did during its 16-0 regular season, New England will present an offense on Monday night that compares favorably to its NFC counterpart.

The Patriots rank second in NFL total offense (416.1 yards per game), fewer than five yards per game less than the Saints, and has averaged 37.2 points over its past five outings.

Signal-caller Tom Brady, who has rounded back into form after a serious injury ended his 2008 season in Week 1, has gone over 300 passing yards in each of his past five games, and has tossed 14 touchdowns passes to just four interceptions over that span.

In last week's 31-14 win over the New York Jets, which kept Bill Belichick's squad two games ahead of the posse in the AFC East, Brady was 28-of-41 for 310 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions, and more than half of the four- time Pro Bowler's completions went to one player.

As the Jets concentrated on trying to stop Randy Moss, Brady connected with Wes Welker for 15 completions covering 192 yards in the contest. Despite missing two games due to injury earlier this season, Welker assumed the league lead in receptions (79) with the career-best performance.

The main danger for Brady and the New England offense on Monday night is the quality of the defense it will be facing.

The Saints entered Week 12 ranked No. 1 in the NFL in opponents' completion percentage (53.2), takeaways (29), defensive touchdowns (7), interceptions (20) and interception returns for TDs (5).

New Orleans' defensive effort, guided by first-year coordinator Gregg Williams, has been led by opportunistic safety Darren Sharper. Sharper, who returned to the lineup last week after being sidelined for one game by a knee problem, leads the league in interception return yards (317) and interception returns for touchdowns (3).

The Saints further bolstered the secondary by re-signing cornerback Mike McKenzie earlier this week. McKenzie, who appeared in 63 games as a Saint from 2004 to 2008, was inked just a week after the team signed veteran ex-Baltimore Ravens cornerback Chris McAlister.

SERIES HISTORY

New England has a 8-3 lead in its all-time series against New Orleans, and was a 24-17 home winner when the teams last met, in 2005. The Patriots were 30-27 winners when they last played the Saints at the Superdome, in 1998, and are 4-0 in series road games all-time. The Saints have lost three straight to the Patriots since a 31-17 road win during the 1995 season.