Winners and losers: Brees piling up the stats
By Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports 13 hours, 48 minutes ago
Saints QB Drew Brees is on pace to break Dan Marino’s single-season passing yardage mark set in 1984.
As if the Miami Dolphins didn’t have enough reasons to loathe Nick Saban, this season continues to provide yet another: Drew Brees.
While Chad Pennington has been serviceable this year, Miami fans can only wonder what could have been if Saban hadn’t made the ultimate decision not to sign Brees as a free agent in the 2006 offseason. No matter how many doctors warned the Dolphins about Brees’ reconstructed throwing shoulder (it was five), it doesn’t take the sting out of watching him roll up MVP-type numbers this year.
That included Sunday’s near perfect 26 of 30 for 320 yards and three touchdowns in the New Orleans Saints’ 34-3 win over the Oakland Raiders. And those numbers could have been far better had New Orleans not taken its foot off the accelerator in the fourth quarter. Six games into the season, Brees is on pace for 5,314 passing yards and 32 touchdowns. The yardage mark would break Dan Marino’s long standing record of 5,084, set in 1984. While it’s far too early to start talking about breaking such hallowed records, Brees’ effort Sunday makes him one of this weekend’s biggest winners.
Here are some of the NFL’s other winners and losers from Sunday …
By Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports 13 hours, 48 minutes ago
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As if the Miami Dolphins didn’t have enough reasons to loathe Nick Saban, this season continues to provide yet another: Drew Brees.
While Chad Pennington has been serviceable this year, Miami fans can only wonder what could have been if Saban hadn’t made the ultimate decision not to sign Brees as a free agent in the 2006 offseason. No matter how many doctors warned the Dolphins about Brees’ reconstructed throwing shoulder (it was five), it doesn’t take the sting out of watching him roll up MVP-type numbers this year.
That included Sunday’s near perfect 26 of 30 for 320 yards and three touchdowns in the New Orleans Saints’ 34-3 win over the Oakland Raiders. And those numbers could have been far better had New Orleans not taken its foot off the accelerator in the fourth quarter. Six games into the season, Brees is on pace for 5,314 passing yards and 32 touchdowns. The yardage mark would break Dan Marino’s long standing record of 5,084, set in 1984. While it’s far too early to start talking about breaking such hallowed records, Brees’ effort Sunday makes him one of this weekend’s biggest winners.
Here are some of the NFL’s other winners and losers from Sunday …
