Packers have right stuff in thrilling victory over Saints

The previous 11 Super Bowl champions won their first game in the following season. Now make that 12 after the Packers, leading from start to finish, held on to defeat the Saints, 42-34, in a wing-dinger of a beginning to the NFL season Thursday night at Lambeau FieldAlthough the Packers allowed 477 yards of offense to irrepressible. Drew Brees and the Saints' prolific attack, it was the defense that in the end carried the day.