Patriots Congratulate Drew Brees For Setting NFL Passing Record

Robert Alvarez

5 years ago at 2:36 pm ET

Greg M. Cooper - USA TODAY Sports

During Monday Night Football, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees set the NFL all-time record for career passing yards following a 62 yard touchdown pass to receiver Tre’Quan Smith.

Brees finished the game with a career total of 72,103 passing yards, surpassing Peyton Manning’s 71,940 for first place all-time.

Following the record breaking touchdown pass, current and former Patriots took to their social media accounts to congratulate the future Hall of Fame quarterback.

Tom Brady with a message for Drew Brees. @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/Dal2kVPS7y

— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) October 9, 2018

Salute to Drew Brees!

— James White (@SweetFeet_White) October 9, 2018

Congrats Drewwwww! @BoilerFootball @drewbrees

— JB (@NVBentley33) October 9, 2018

Congrats @drewbrees 🏈🏈🏈

— Deion Branch #83 #84 (@deionbranch84) October 9, 2018

Way to do it in style, Drew. Congrats!

— Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) October 9, 2018

DREW BREES all-time NFL passing yardage leader. 71, 968 career yards. Broke the record on a 62 yard TD pass because of course he would. What a career!

— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) October 9, 2018

Mrs. Brees…..”now go win the game.” #Awareness 💯

— Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) October 9, 2018

This is cool man….congrats @drewbrees! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) October 9, 2018

Huge congrats to @drewbrees ! Truly one of the great men to play in the NFL.

— Drew Bledsoe (@DrewBledsoe) October 9, 2018

Former Patriot Donte’ Stallworth also took time to share a person story from his first meeting with Brees.

One day during rehab together, Drew turned to me and said, “hey I talked to your boy the other day.” I had no clue who he was talking about. “Who?” “Sean Payton,” he replied. I immediately got excited at the prospects of catching TD passes from Brees in a Sean Payton offense.

— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) October 9, 2018

Then Drew began reeling off my 2005 season stats, the routes I ran the most, and what he envisioned we would be successful at. But not just me, he knew the depth chart of every position, and their contract situation.

— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) October 9, 2018

That’s when I knew I first witnessed the greatness, that’s when I knew Brees was on a different level. His play shows the work, the meticulous attention to detail week in and week out, over the course of many seasons. Congrats to the all-time passing leader!

— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) October 9, 2018

As an added bonus, here is Peyton Manning congratulating Brees for breaking his record.