Drew Brees needed 201 yards to break the record. We heard it over and over throughout the week—how he’d played 98 games at home in his Saints career and had thrown for at least that amount of yards in 90 of them, and how he had failed to reach that total in just four games over the last nine seasons. It wasn’t really a question of if Brees would break the record on Monday night against the Redskins, but rather, when. He didn’t make us very wait long.
With just under three minutes left in the first half and the Saints already up by two scores, Brees did what we have seen him do so many times during his 18-year NFL career—yet still haven’t fully appreciated.