Drew Brees!

[Townhallsavoy]

Drew Brees broke a 27 year old record last night as he hit 5087 yards.

Sadly, he may only hold the record for one week as Tom Brady is only 190 yards behind him.

[AUChizad]

I was there last night.

Shit was awesome.

[GH2001]

Drew Brees broke a 27 year old record last night as he hit 5087 yards.

Sadly, he may only hold the record for one week as Tom Brady is only 190 yards behind him.

He will still have the record at year's end unless Brady is 191 yards better.

[wreckingball]

Drew Brees broke a 27 year old record last night as he hit 5087 yards.

Sadly, he may only hold the record for one week as Tom Brady is only 190 yards behind him.

Are you counting on the Saints to sit Brees if Brady breaks his record? They still have another regular season game.

[AUChizad]

Haters gonna hate.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/16612455/brees-recordbreaking-night-tainted-by-decision-to-go-for-it-late

Brees' record-breaking night tainted by decision to go for it late
By Pete Prisco | CBSSports.com Senior NFL Columnist

NEW ORLEANS -- The kid got his wish.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke the NFL single-season record for passing yards, breaking Dan Marino's single-season mark of 5,084 yards with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles in the Saints' 45-16 dismantling of the Atlanta Falcons Monday night.

"I kind of got emotional before the game," Brees said. "There was a kid as I was signing autographs who said, 'I'm here to see you break the record.' It made me think of when I was a kid."

This is one of those where-were-you moments, another snapshot of life being permanently etched into our memories. It's kind of funny that a man throws for over 5,000 yards and the pass that broke the record traveled only 9 yards in the air.

"It's a special night," Saints coach Sean Payton said.

Marino set the record in 1984. Rules have changed since to favor the passing game, which helps the modern quarterbacks, but Brees has been hotter than a New Orleans summer day in the past month as he took down the record with 5,087.

In doing so, he led the 12-3 Saints to the NFC South division title. This victory puts the Saints in as either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in the NFC, depending on what happens this week.

If they are the third seed, there is a chance they will play the Falcons again in two weeks. If they do, they will be facing a team that sure didn't take too kindly to the way Brees broke the record.

Nor should they have.

Brees broke the record with 2:51 left in the game with the score 38-16. It was a questionable decision to say the least to go for it in that manner since the Saints have another game to break the record. Payton must have known that too since he brought up the decision before somebody asked about it during his post-game news conference.

"Someone is going to ask this question so I am going to answer it before it's asked," Payton said. "Typically, would I be throwing it there? The answer would be probably not. In fact, the answer would be 'I wouldn't be.' But I thought it was appropriate that we get the record. And we did it. We have a ton of respect for Falcons coach Mike [Smith], his staff and his players. It seemed like the right thing to do. I felt real good about the decision."

Respect? The Falcons players didn't see it that way. Nor did much of their staff.

The players I talked to all thought it was classless.

"No need for that," one player said. "It came on our watch, but it didn't have to come that way. We won't forget it."

Payton said he talked to Smith about the decision after the game, and also addressed some of the Falcons players about why he went for the record with the score what it was that late in the game.

The word I got out of the Falcons locker room was the only player he talked to about it was quarterback Matt Ryan.

"He didn't talk to me," Falcons corner Dunta Robinson said.

"I'm with Dunta," safety William Moore said.

A handful of other defensive players said they had no contact with Payton either.

"We weren't trying to run up the score or anything," Brees said,

Maybe not, but the Falcons sure didn't like it.

When I asked Payton how he would have felt if that were done to his team, he said, "It's hard for me to answer because it didn't happen to me. But I felt really good about the decision."

The way I see it, what should have been a truly special moment, something that should have happened in the context of the game, and made it tainted with questions.

It won't overshadow what truly is a special record for one of the greatest passers of this generation, even ever, but it does take some of the gloss off of it.

Brees walked onto the field for his final drive and needed 30 yards to break Marino's record. The Saints got the ball at the Atlanta 33. He first hit Marques Colston for 12 yards. He then hit Devery Henderson for 11 yards before hitting Sproles on a simple option route for the 9-yard touchdown and the record-breaker.

The Saints called five pass plays on the six plays in that drive. You could see the Falcons coaches on the other sideline looking angrily across the field during the drive, as if to say, "Really?"

"My hat's off to Drew," Falcons coach Mike Smith said. "I congratulate him."

Smith wouldn't say anything negative about the decision to go for it, but his body language during the drive said it all. He wasn't pleased and team sources said he wasn't thrilled about Payton's decision to go for the record.

This comes a year after the Saints danced on the Falcons logo at the Georgia Dome after beating Atlanta last year with one player from that team that night saying, "I pissed on the Falcons logo."

"That's just who they are," the Falcons player said. "We'll see them down the road. We won't forget any of it."

None of us will forget what we saw Monday night. We saw greatness. We saw one of our generation's special quarterbacks take down a record that has lasted 27 years. This much I know: This new mark won't last another 27.

Heck, it might not even last a week. New England's Tom Brady is just 190 yards behind Brees heading into the final week.

For now, the kid got his wish.

It's just too bad it happened the way it did.

[AUChizad]

Gregg Doyle has never been wrong about anything in his life.

http://gregg-doyel.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5881996/34060839

Grow up, Atlanta Falcons
Posted on: December 27, 2011 10:51 am

The Atlanta Falcons embarrassed themselves Monday night, and I'm not talking about the final score, which was 45-16 in favor of the New Orleans Saints.

I'm not talking about being victimized by Saints quarterback Drew Brees for the 304 passing yards he needed to break Dan Marino's single-season record of 5,084 yards (Brees finished with 307 yards, for a season total of 5,087).

I'm talking about the Falcons' reaction, late in the game and then afterward, to the sight -- shocking! -- of Brees still in the game, still throwing passes, in the final minutes.

The Falcons gestured and stared. They pouted and sulked. They gave our Pete Prisco passive-aggressive comments of the most gutless variety -- anonymously, because none of them had the stones to attach his name to it -- about the nerve (the nerve!) of Saints coach Sean Payton, who let Brees play the game for 60 full minutes.

See, the Falcons wanted pity. They wanted Payton to feel sorry for them by letting off the gas, stop playing the game, stop trying. That would have made the Falcons feel better, I guess: The sight of the Saints feeling sorry for their woebegone little defense.

So at this point, I have a question for the Falcons and their coaches: Are you guys professionals, or are you babies?

This isn't high school, and that wasn't one Class 5A monster running up the score on a tiny Class 1A opponent. This was one NFL playoff team playing another NFL playoff team, in a league with a salary cap and reverse draft order and other rules designed to promote parity.

Sure, Brees could have stopped playing in the fourth quarter, could have come up a few yards short of the record, could have subjected himself and his team to a week's worth of distraction entering the regular-season finale Sunday against Carolina -- a game the Saints need to win to have any shot of a first-round playoff bye.

But never mind that!

The Saints should have worried about the feelings of the poor Atlanta Falcons!

Hey, Atlanta, when you're done with that baby's bib ... please send it my way. I think I'm going to be sick.

[AUChizad]

Pulitzer worthy.

http://www.moosedenied.com/we-make-the-rules-pal/

We make the rules, pal.
Grandmaster Wang,New Orleans Saints

Cha-ching! MVP! MVP! MVP!

Memo to #RodneyWhite, #BrettGrimes, Jason Cole and Pete Prisco: We're not sorry. Got a problem with that? Go fuck yourselves. How's that work for ya, champs?

Take your nebulous, malleable, phony notion of "sportsmanship" and "respect for the game" and the righteous indignation it affords you when convenient, and shove it right up your ass. We're quite aware of the real reason you're all butthurt about it. It's because you're weak. Because it's all you've got to hang your hat on right about now.

Fortunately for us, we happen to be in a position where it's not really necessary for us to give a fuck about whether or not you approve of our methods. And we're not sorry about that either. So you'll just have pardon us as we carry on with continuing to not give a fuck about whatever moral rectitude you've pulled out of your ass this week.

Because, see, we're writing the rules these days. You don't have to like 'em. But you'd be wise to go ahead and get used to it.

Let me lay it out for you so that you can understand. This just in: Our goals trump your feelings. Every time.

We're in this thing for us. Nobody else. Definitely not you. And if achieving those goals leaves you humiliated and outraged, that's your problem. Deal with it. Clutch your pearls if you must, but you'd be better served to grow a pair instead.

In my perfect world, rather than me typing it, Sean Payton would have said it. Or at least let Gregg Williams say it. (You know he would. Then he'd drop a crotch-chop on 'em.) You know it's what they're all thinking.

And that's the irony of it all, isn't it? Nobody's gonna say that because Sean Payton and Drew Brees are too professional, too sportsmanlike, too classy to indulge themselves and tell them (or let Gregg Williams tell them) all to eat a dick.

Fortunately for me, I'm not encumbered by such concerns. So on behalf of Sean Payton, Drew Brees, the New Orleans Saints and Saints fans everywhere, I'll say it: Eat a dick, all of you.

This is our deal. And we're gonna do whatever the fuck we want. Don't like it? Go fuck yourself.

We here at moosedenied have long advocated the Saints embracing the role of the Bad Guys. Hell, deep down we know that's how the rest of the world sees us anyway.

Oh sure, they pretended to love us for about 15 minutes in February 2010. They capitalized on the chumps-to-champs angle. They emoted as publicly as possible and tugged on as many heartstrings as they could over the Federal Flood. They said "Nawlins" over and over and over. Gumbo this and Mardi Gras that. They exploited the shit out of us and milked it for all 'Murika considered it worth.

It was all so cute and quirky and hip. A little "edgy" yet wholesome as milk. Real funky but not threatening. Made for great media. A tightly-scripted little melodrama that if you didn't know any better you might have mistaken for an HBO Original Series.

And the critics raved for some reason.

But it wasn't supposed to get renewed.

It was a nice little piece of drama that ended happily, with the triumphant protagonist holding his toddler son and everything. But that was supposed to be the end of it. "Nice. Hey, good for you. Okay, run along now." And then we were supposed to go away.

But we didn't go away. And ever since, it's been one thing after another. Ray Edwards and Visanthe Shiancoe started the whole "Saints are dirty!" meme because the Saints were too mean to their precious Brett. These days, it's something along those lines pretty much every fuckin' week. Sean Payton's and Mickey Loomis's professionalism was called into question over the scope of the Saints' post-championship celebration. We fans were mocked over reacting too strongly to Payton's domestic relocation. They mocked us after the loss to Seattle in the playoffs. (To be fair, that was well-deserved.) They called us a one-year wonder and touted Atlanta as the Next Big Thing. We were really supposed to drop off the map for good after we "lost" Reggie Bush.

And now this year, when we're not being called "dirty" on a damn weekly basis or being ridiculously accused of cheating by way of a rogue whistle on the sideline, now we're being called "classless." DREW BREES is being called classless. Drew fuckin' Brees! Classless? Really? It would piss me off if it weren't so absurd.

Seriously, an 11-year career marked by impeccable professionalism, sportsmanship and class. One of the most genuinely and universally well-liked players in the league. And all that's out the window over setting sportsmanship aside for 6 plays and two minutes, 17 seconds to secure one of the most prestigious and coveted individual records in football? Really? That's all it takes to turn a guy into a selfish asshole?

I'm not even going to legitimize the accusation by offering a defense. You've already read the same 100 or so defenses I've read anyway, and they're well-reasoned. But what happened Monday night needs no defense.

You want a defense? Alright, fine. Here's my defense: Fuck off. Get that weak shit out of here.

All year long they've gone to great pains to do everything they possibly can to diminish and marginalize and downplay one of the top 2 or 3 seasons by an NFL quarterback in league history, if not the single greatest. It's always something. If it's not yet another suggestion that Marino's accomplishment is still greater because "the league is so different now" it's yet another reminder that Tom Brady is gonna top Marino's number too and might even end up passing Drew(!!!) by the time it's all over, or yet another reminder that "Yeah, but clearly Aaron Rodgers is the MVP."

I would assert that Drew Brees might very well be the single least-celebrated All-Time Great player in league history. And for the life of me, I can't figure out why. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to go all "No Respeck!™" with it here. It's not that they don't give Drew any respect or love, because they do. They give him plenty of that. Pete Prisco and Jason Cole notwithstanding, you never hear a "negative" word about Drew. That's not what I'm talking about.

What I'm talking about is that you almost never hear any unqualified praise for the guy either. It always comes with a "Yeah, but…" Somebody or something out there is always better. Sorry Drew, sure you became the second player in league history to throw for 5000 yards, but Peyton Manning is better. Sorry Drew, sure you became the only player in league history to throw for 5000 a second time, and broke a 27-year old record for most passing yards in a single season. But by golly, Aaron Rodgers has a couple more touchdowns and a handful fewer interceptions. Better luck next time, Rodgers is better. Oh and put an asterisk on that record, by the way, because Marino's total in 1984 is still more impressive than yours in 2011. (We reserve the right to change our minds on that though if Brady passes you.) It's always something.

You can bet your ass that if it were Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers (or Peyton Manning, or Tony Romo, or Tim Tebow) duking it out for the single-season passing record, they'd be going all Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa '98 with it.

But Drew Brees isn't supposed to be in that story. He's fucking up the script.

I choose to believe that that's the real reason they chose to set sportsmanship aside for two minutes, 17 seconds and indulge in a little "classlessness." Because that was the only way Drew's achievement was gonna be properly celebrated. And if the Falcons' feelings got hurt in the process, and it offended the delicate sensibilities of a couple of douchebag blowhards in the national media, well then we'll just call that lagniappe.

If I have one (minor) complaint, it's that I wish they'd own it just a little more. I'm glad that, while Payton and Brees are being gentlemen about it, they haven't gone as far as to apologize. They shouldn't, because they don't owe anybody any apologies. But I wish they'd be just a little more defiant about it. Rather than explaining that it was because they "didn't want the record being a distraction next week" (which strikes me as a bullshit explanation anyway) I wish they'd just say "Damn right we wanted the record, so we took it. Simple as that. Don't like it, tough shit." If they're gonna make you do the time anyway, might as well do the crime.

It helps that Coach Payton made the right decision to play the starters and play to win this Sunday against Camrolina. Hell yeah, high five, Coach! And while "We're on a roll, and we don't want to risk screwing up our momentum and general mojo" is probably the correct answer and the most important consideration, it would do my heart good for Coach to say "And oh by the way, damn right we're gunning for the Rams' single-season total offense record. And we're gonna take that too. Damn right we'd prefer Drew's record to hold up for three decades as opposed to six days. Damn right we're gonna do everything we can to see to it that Jimmy Graham passes both Kellen Winslow and Rob Gronkowski. Don't like it? Don't care. We're taking this shit whether you like it or not. And you'll take it too. Right in the ass, you scumbag cocksuckers."

Selfish? Maybe. Greedy? If you insist. So what? It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses.

Might as well go ahead and own it. Because make no mistake, these days, we're the Bad Guys. No sense fighting it, because it'll always be something. We're fucking up the script, and they hate us for it. And is it not glorious?

If I might be so bold… Sinn Féin, motherfuckers! (Love you and miss you, Ashley.)

This is our deal, and to hell with what anybody else thinks about it.

Ain't nobody about to give us jack shit. Never have, never will. Which is why it won't bother me in the least when they give Aaron Rodgers the MVP and struggle to give Drew even the obligatory cursory mention as an also-ran before moving on to how in any other year Tom Brady would have won it.

Screw the MVP. That kind of thing is something you have to be given. Kinda like a rematch in the BCS Championship Game.

So go ahead and give it to whomever gives you the biggest boner. That's what you're gonna do anyway, so whatever. Drew doesn't need anything you have to give, and neither do the Saints.

We'll take what we want, thank you very much. #wegotthis

And if it involves violating any of your antiquated, arbitrarily-applicable "unwritten rules" of sportsmanship and "class" then so be it. Don't much give a fuck.

Meantime, I know this post might come off as "classless" too. Please believe me when I tell you that I don't intend to come off that way. I have the utmost respect for you as professional athletes and/or fully-credentialed members of the Legitimate Media™, douchebags though you may be. One might even argue that you're a bunch of whining pussies. No disrespect intended though. Promise. And I certainly respect your right to hold your opinions on all these issues, no matter how retarded they might be.

Still not sorry though. Not for any of it.

So I'll leave you with this. And I say this with all sincerity, right from the bottom of my heart, and with all due respect: Lick my balls.

Have a nice day.

[Saniflush]

Fuck Drew Brees and that bird shit stain he has on his face.

[GH2001]

Fuck the Falcons. Shitty ass franchise.

If they didn't want him to break it, they should have stopped him.

I at least will salute New Orleans as a city, fanbase and team for getting serious about their team. They hired a great coach and have made excellent personnel decisions. Their fans are behind them as well. Atlanta will always be Atlanta.

[AUChizad]

Sadly, he may only hold the record for one week as Tom Brady is only 190 yards behind him.

Oh, and by the way:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AqZlPEvovKfumFhMqUHvEdI5nYcB?slug=ap-patriots-bradysshoulder

Brady misses practice amid report of injury

By HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer 59 minutes ago

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)—Tom Brady missed the New England Patriots first practice of the week with a reported injury to his non-throwing shoulder.

After Wednesday’s practice, the Patriots said the quarterback’s absence was not injury-related. A report later in the day on Comcast SportsNet said Brady had X-rays to check for a separated left shoulder and was told he was “all set.”

Patriots spokesman Stacey James said Thursday, “If there was an injury then it would be on the injury report.”

ESPN.com reported Thursday that Brady also would miss Thursday’s practice but that the injury isn’t severe enough to keep him out of Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills(?????).

Brady was not in the Patriots locker room Thursday during the open media period. Neither he nor coach Bill Belichick has commented on the reports.

[djsimp]

Fuck Drew Brees and that bird shit stain he has on his face.

There's gonna be blood.

[GH2001]

Fuck Drew Brees and that bird shit stain he has on his face.

The falcons as a franchise are a bird shit stain.

[AUChizad]

The falcons as a franchise are a bird shit stain.

They don't call them the dirty birds for nothin'.

[Snaggletiger]

The falcons as a franchise are a bird shit stain.

Sooo...you're saying you don't like the Falcons?

[Kaos]

Fuck Drew Brees and that bird shit stain he has on his face.

Amen.

Fuck him, fuck the Saints.  Forever.

[GH2001]

Sooo...you're saying you don't like the Falcons?

Not what I am saying at all.

But no, I don't like them.

[JR4AU]

Fuck the Falcons. Shitty ass franchise.

If they didn't want him to break it, they should have stopped him.

I at least will salute New Orleans as a city, fanbase and team for getting serious about their team. They hired a great coach and have made excellent personnel decisions. Their fans are behind them as well. Atlanta will always be Atlanta.

Exactly!  They knew they were not only going to play a game, but that Brees had a record within reach. Whiny ass Falcons.  It troubles me that nobody in the Falcon camp has shut down this whining.

[Snaggletiger]

The Falcons have a decent team.  A little above average.  Enough to make the playoffs.  But, they aren't in the Saints league right now...or the Packers...or Steelers...or Patriots.  For me, the Johnny Come Lately Aint's can choke on a bag of dicks...however, anyone could see the goal was not to embarass the Falcons, but only to break the record.  The Falcons are acting like little bitches and need to STFU...lest they be the ones to have to get that ass beat for a 3rd time in one season.

[Saniflush]

Oh understand I am by no means defending the falcons and their shitty selves, just making an observation about Brees and the Gorbachev on his face.

[Godfather]

Oh understand I am by no means defending the falcons and their shitty selves, just making an observation about Brees and the Gorbachev on his face.

Why do you hate moles?