CANTON, Ohio — The bronze busts were impressive. Willie Roaf was magnanimous. And Drew Brees? Same as always.

It added up to a great weekend for a team that really needed one about now.

Brees produced a touchdown on his only series in the Hall of Fame game Sunday night, leading the New Orleans Saints to a 17-10 victory over the Arizona Cardinals that topped off a fine time.

It wasn’t perfect by any means. The reserves were sloppy, as expected. And the fill-in officials had some bad moments, too.

The game was canceled last year for the first time in 45 years, a casualty of the NFL’s lockout of the players. Labor issues also came into play in Sunday night’s game — the seven officials were replacements.