ATLANTA: Drew Brees broke Brett Favre’s record on Sunday for most pass completions in NFL history during the New Orleans Saints’ 43-37 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
A pass to Michael Thomas in the second quarter was Brees’s 14th completion of the game and the 6,301st of Brees’s career. It could be just the first record he sets this season.
Brees, 39, passed for 396 yards and has 71,523 for his career, just 417 yards shy of matching Peyton Manning’s career passing yardage mark of 71,940 yards. Among active players, Tom Brady is next best, at nearly 5,000 yards behind Brees.
Brees’ completion total is 6,326 after Sunday’s game.