Sentences with phrase «brees passing»

In New Orleans» offense with Drew Brees passing him the ball, Goedert could be a star.

A Brees pass was intercepted by safety Mike Adams to give the Panthers the ball back with a chance to score.

Not exact matches

First, their defense will need to figure out a way to contain both the Saints» passing and rushing attacks — powerful units led by Alvin Kamara, Drew Brees, and Michael Thomas.

To smooth it out, Hamilton gave Luck an off - season assignment: to watch every snap of every pass play executed last season by Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers.

Drew Brees went 29 - for - 43 passing for 396 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during the New Orleans Saints» loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

Passing yards for Drew Brees of the Saints, who last Saturday became the second quarterback to have consecutive 4,000 - yard seasons.

Saints receiver Michael Thomas had caught a pass from Drew Brees in the flat and turned upfield to find only Webster between him and the goal line, with plenty of room to make the cornerback miss and cut the Rams» lead to six.

No defense had held Brees under 200 passing yards since the 2010 season, or under 150 passing yards since 2006, or under four yards per passing attempt since 2004.

Brady became the fifth player in NFL history to reach 55,000 career passing yards, joining the likes of Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino and Drew Brees.

If he does continue his prolific play, Brees has a strong chance at finishing his career as the NFL's all - time king in passing yardage and passing touchdowns.

Brees remains behind for two extra days because there is more to his work than throwing touchdown passes.

So when Goodell flew with the Thunderbirds during Super Bowl week in 2009, he told his pilot, «I've got to do 9 G's, and I can't pass out or throw up, or Drew Brees will never let me hear the end of it.»

And long after the end, Brees rode Saints bus No. 1 back to the team hotel, sitting up front with Payton and assistant coaches Joe Vitt, Greg McMahon, Pete Carmichael and Joe Lombardi, whose grandfather's name was etched into the sterling silver trophy they passed around.

«The biggest thing Drew ever said to me,» says slot receiver Lance Moore, an undrafted free agent out of Toledo who has caught 169 passes in five seasons with Brees, «is, «I trust you.»

After all, Brees just set the all - time mark for completion percentage in a season in 2017 at 72 percent, and he topped 4,000 passing yards for the 12th year in a row — something no other player has done in more than eight consecutive seasons.

Brees was still willing to throw outside to Meachem, except that as soon as Brees snapped his head around from the run fake he saw that the front - side corner was jumping Meachem and that three pass rushers were coming free.

As you can see, Drew Brees is the favorite to lead the league in passing yards at both sportsbooks, but he is listed behind Aaron Rodgers for fantasy purposes.

Through eight weeks no less than three QBs — Drew Brees, Tom Brady (left) and Aaron Rodgers — are on pace to break Dan Marino's single - season record of 5,084 passing yards.

He is just the fifth quarterback in league history with three or more games with at least five passing touchdowns in a single season, joining an esteem group that includes Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Daunte Culpepper.

If Drew Brees, who morphed from a struggling passer about to lose his job into a Pro Bowl performer (27 touchdown passes, seven interceptions), plays great again in 2005, there might be one more act left in the Manning deal: Smith is reserving the right to trade Rivers after the season.

Drew Brees is the favorite to lead the league in passing yards, it's fair to expect even better numbers from Snead this season.

We've listed those QB props below, including odds to break the single - season passing yards and touchdowns records as well as individual over / unders for Tom Brady, Drew Brees Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger.

We passed on Marino and Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Brett Favre, Drew Brees, Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers with limp excuses for every single one of them.

With a replenished receiving core, Rivers might be armed to dethrone Brees as the league's passing leader.

Will Brees lead the NFL in passing yards yet again?

Last year Drew Brees led the league in passing yards, which marked the fourth time in five years that he accomplished this feat.

Though it was never truly in doubt, Drew Brees signed his new contract with the New Orleans Saints Sunday after passing his physical, making him the recipient — officially — of the highest annual earnings in NFL history.

That rule change has allowed for passing records to be shattered, including Drew Brees NFL - record 5,476 passing yards last season and Tom Brady's historic 50 - touchdown season back in 2007.

To no surprise, Ryan and Brees are near the top of both the passing yards and passing touchdowns lists.

Henderson crossed the plane for a 40 - yard score, giving Brees a touchdown pass in 48 consecutive games, passing NFL legend Johnny Unitas for the most all time.

While the Saints did incorporate their backs heavily into the passing game, Brees was still the second most accurate on deep shots as well.

Bovada may have gone too far in the other direction by listing the over / under on Brees» passing yards at 4700.

Although former MVP Drew Brees ranks second in the league in passing yards per game, his QB rating ranks just 17th — putting him in the bottom half of all signal callers.

Drew Brees broke the NFL's single - season passing record last season with 5,476 yards, but he wasn't the only quarterback to post video - game numbers.

Two years removed from his 40 - touchdown season, Andrew Luck sits at an enticing +900 to lead the league in passing TDs, behind Brady, Rodgers, Brees, and Ryan.

Aaron Rodgers (2.8 ADP, 11/2 to lead the NFL in passing yards), Brady (5.3, 19/4) and Brees (6.8, 9/2) are clear - cut first round picks with Stafford (12.5, 13/2) right on their heels.

Brees threw for a career - high 46 touchdown passes to go with his 5,476 passing yards.

After Brady and Rodgers, it's Drew Brees (6/1) and Matt Ryan (7/1) who finished third and second respectively in passing touchdowns in 2016.

Drew Brees (3/1) is the early betting favorite to lead the NFL in passing yards.

Brees has thrown more than 30 touchdowns passes in nine straight seasons.

As I'm writing this, Drew Brees, the New Orleans Saints quarterback, just passed Dan Marino's single season passing record.