New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees made NFL history on Monday night, breaking the all-time record for career touchdown passes with his performance against the Indianapolis Colts.
On top of that, Brees broke his own record for consecutive pass completions in a single game, stringing together 21 straight completed passes. If he keeps it up, the Saints’ living legend can break the NFL’s single-game record for completion percentage (he’s currently at 29-of-30, or 96.6%). It’s a vintage performance by every measure from the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback.
And it’s earned recognition from Brees’ peers around the league. Everyone from All-Pro quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson to one-time teammate Adrian Peterson chimed in, as well as a host of retired greats like Hall of Fame passer Kurt Warner.
But before anyone takes aim at Peyton Manning for his silence on Brees breaking the record he set: Manning congratulated Brees before anyone else, during a video he recorded last year when Brees took his record for career passing yards. Check it out:
