The New Orleans Saints’ legend Drew Brees is currently on the top of the NFL’s all-time list for most passing yards 80,358, but he won’t hold the record for much longer. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Tom Brady only needs to pass for 68 more yards to jump over Brees and is expected to do so in Week 4 against his old team, the New England Patriots.
Brees recently spoke with ESPN about Brady breaking his record and said that he wouldn’t want to see it drag any longer. In fact, he would like to see it happen on the first play of the game.
“I’d be all for Brady just launching the first play of the game, just go ahead and get it out of the way,” Brees said. “You said he needs, what? Sixty-eight yards? Let’s have New England kick it in the end zone, start at the 25 and have him launch one to Mike Evans, and let’s just be done with it.”
It shouldn’t surprise that Drew Brees is in favor of seeing his record broken with one big play, as he did the same in 2018. The Saints were playing Washington in Week 5, and Brees entered the game third on the all-time passing list behind Payton Manning and Brett Favre. He first jumped over Favre with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Josh Hill and then passed Manning with a spectacular 62-yard touchdown pass to Tre-Quan Smith.
Once he is passed by Brady on the all-time passing yards list, Brees will still own a few NFL records that might be harder to reach. He is currently the leader in career pass completion percentage with 67.79 completed passes while also holding the record with most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (54).
