| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
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| QB | Drew Brees | 26 | 4 | 16 | 323 for 500, 3,576 yards, 24 td, 15 int, & 21 rushes for 49 yards and 1 td | |
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| RB | LaDainian Tomlinson* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 339 rushes for 1,462 yards, 18 td, & 51 catches for 370 yards and 2 td | |
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| FB | Lorenzo Neal* | 35 | 12 | 15 | 29 rushes for 98 yards, 0 td, & 24 catches for 145 yards and 1 td | |
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| WR | Keenan McCardell | 35 | 13 | 16 | 70 catches for 917 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | |
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| WR | Eric Parker | 26 | 3 | 9 | 57 catches for 725 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 55 yards and 0 td | |
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| TE | Antonio Gates*+ | 25 | 2 | 15 | 89 catches for 1,101 yards, 10 td | |
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| LT | Leander Jordan | 28 | 4 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | |
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| LG | Kris Dielman | 24 | 2 | 14 | | |
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| C | Nick Hardwick | 24 | 1 | 13 | | |
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| RG | Mike Goff | 29 | 7 | 16 | | |
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| RT | Shane Olivea | 24 | 1 | 15 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
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| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
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| LDE | Luis Castillo | 22 | Rook | 15 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| NT | Jamal Williams*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
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| RDE | Igor Olshansky | 23 | 1 | 12 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| LOLB | Shawne Merriman* | 21 | Rook | 10 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| LILB | Donnie Edwards | 32 | 9 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| RILB | Randall Godfrey | 32 | 9 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
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| ROLB | Steve Foley | 30 | 7 | 13 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| LCB | Quentin Jammer | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| RCB | Drayton Florence | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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| SS | Terrence Kiel | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
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| FS | Bhawoh Jue | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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