Patriots Congratulate Drew Brees For Setting NFL Passing Record
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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
— Mike 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
https://twitter.com/deionbranch84/status/1049473215662313472
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
https://twitter.com/TedyBruschiESPN/status/1049484104474001408
https://twitter.com/damienwoody/status/1049473481644085248
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.
PSA: message from Peyton Manning https://t.co/DcZ8eTfXw8
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 9, 2018
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