It’s a quarterback league and Drew Brees is the cream of the crop.
Brees has broken Dan Marino’s single-season passing record with a 307-yard, four touchdown performance, leading his New Orleans Saints to an easy 45-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Marino’s record of 5,084 yards in a season came to an end after 27 years in the 4th quarter as Brees hit Darren Sproles with a nine-yard strike with 2:51 remaining. Brees currently has 5,087 yards with one week remaining in the NFL.
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The Saints also had 463 total yards, giving them more than 6,857 offensive yards for the season, breaking the 2008 club record of 6,571 yards. New Orleans continues to close in on the NFL-record of 7,075 offensive yards in a season set by the 2000 St. Louis Rams. We could have a new “Greatest Show on Turf.”
Betting Analysis: Brees and the Saints have been hot but we did not expect this. The Saints have been rolling in the second half of the season, covering seven games in a row and scoring 40-plus in two straight. Brees is on fire with nine touchdowns in his last two games. Will it continue in the usually useless Week 17? Absoiutely. Even though they’ve captured the NFC South the Saints are still playing for the No. 2 seed as they stay tied with the San Francisco 49ers at 12-3. They’ll be playing the Carolina Panthers at home in their finally, expect them to go full force for four quarters.
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