OT: Brady can become the new record holder by throwing for 191 more yards than Brees today
It will be interesting to see what both teams do given that their respective games today are meaningless, aside from NE maybe being thirsty for revenge against the Bills, given the Bills' surprising OT victory over NE earlier in the season. At any rate, the games today will have no effect on the Pats' and Saints' playoff seedings.
Conventional wisdom says both QB will sit. But if you're Brady, why not tell Bellichick to just let you go in and air it out all game and force Brees to defend his record?
Brady only needs 188 yards today to surpass Dan Marino's old record. If you've come this far and this close, why not go a little further?
January 1st, 2012 at 8:52 AM ^
...is that you know the NFL is a passing league now when you could potentially face multiple exchanges of the single-season passing record. The transition is officially complete.
January 1st, 2012 at 8:55 AM ^
the games are not meaningless NE needs to win to clinch home field throughout the playoffs. If NE would lose Baltimore or Pittsburgh would have a chance to clinch the #1 seed.
Also NO right now is # 3 seed if they win and San Fran Loses NO is the number #2 seed and gets a bye.
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January 1st, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
Excellent. Thanks for correcting.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:40 AM ^
Drew Brees is tha man. Both will play until dominating the other team but Brady won't throw for 191 more than Brees. However Brady will end up breaking Marino's record also.
January 1st, 2012 at 9:01 AM ^
As awesome as having Tom Brady holding that record would be, I find it extremely improbable. The numbers that Tom Brady would have to put up would make Texas Tech in 2007 envious.
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<br>However, how about the top two quarterbacks in the league being from the B1G... Take that SEC!
January 1st, 2012 at 9:17 AM ^
Not only that. Coming out of college, one was too short and the other wasn't good enough to be drafted in the first 5 rounds. Suck it Mel Kiper.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:01 AM ^
January 1st, 2012 at 3:03 PM ^
true, but don't think for a second they don't look at his "big board". i just don't like his hair so he can suck it anyway.
January 1st, 2012 at 11:16 AM ^
January 1st, 2012 at 1:44 PM ^
You think Brees is only going to get 200?
January 1st, 2012 at 9:16 AM ^
With NE needing a win to sew up home field, I expect Brady to get those 188. Amazing that one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL was a primarily a platoon player at Michigan.
Easy to take it for granted now, but there are three shoo-in NFL Hall of Famers from Michigan playing right now in Brady, Woodson, and Hutchinson. This will give UM 11 in the HOF, which will surpass ND's 10 and will tie USC's 11 all-time. Keep going, Jake Long!
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January 1st, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
I hope he gets the record over Brees.
January 1st, 2012 at 1:42 PM ^
Yeah that's not happening.
January 1st, 2012 at 4:04 PM ^
WOW...so...TWO B1G alum trading the record back and forth...where are the SEC vaunted QBs in this mix...oh yeah...forgot...the SEC dominance is a media mindset...lol...thanks for the post, nice to see two outstanding young guns going at it...my money is on Brady =)