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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1035296" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>Drew Brees:</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>You may have heard Drew Brees is set to make more NFL history this Sunday night in New Orleans when he </strong></p><p><strong>takes on the San Diego Chargers. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Brees needs one touchdown pass to move past Johnny Unitas’ record streak of 47 consecutive games with a </strong></p><p><strong>touchdown pass, which Unitas compiled from 1956 through 1960.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>It is the NFL equivalent of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>One of the longest-standing records in NFL history, this one is so big that <a href="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/03/payton-loomis-vitt-will-attend-chargers-saints-game/related" target="_blank">Brees asked the NFL</a> if suspended</strong></p><p> <strong>Saints coach Sean Payton, G.M. Mickey Loomis and assistant coach Joe Vitt can attend the game. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>But the strange thing no one has been talking about is this: Brees has already had the record by himself since the</strong></p><p> <strong>first quarter of Week 1. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Do not forget the postseason.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>How does Brees already have the record? Simple. All you have to do is add the six playoff games since </strong></p><p><strong>2009 that have come during the streak, which began in Week 6 that year — and Brees was sitting at 49</strong></p><p> <strong>games before the start of this season. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>That is the exact same number as Unitas, who had touchdown passes in both the 1958 and 1959 NFL </strong></p><p><strong>Championship wins in addition to the 47 regular-season games. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>When Brees threw his first touchdown of the season in Week 1 versus the Washington Redskins, that was</strong></p><p> <strong>his 50th consecutive game with a touchdown pass, setting the record right there. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Yet no one has seemed to look at it that way. Meanwhile, one of the other most-cherished records in NFL</strong></p><p> <strong>history, Don Shula’s seemingly unbreakable 347 wins as a head coach, does include the postseason (19 wins). </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1035296, member: 38206"] [B]Drew Brees: [/B][B]You may have heard Drew Brees is set to make more NFL history this Sunday night in New Orleans when he takes on the San Diego Chargers. [/B] [B]Brees needs one touchdown pass to move past Johnny Unitas’ record streak of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass, which Unitas compiled from 1956 through 1960. It is the NFL equivalent of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. [/B] [B]One of the longest-standing records in NFL history, this one is so big that [URL="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/03/payton-loomis-vitt-will-attend-chargers-saints-game/related"]Brees asked the NFL[/URL] if suspended Saints coach Sean Payton, G.M. Mickey Loomis and assistant coach Joe Vitt can attend the game. [/B] [B]But the strange thing no one has been talking about is this: Brees has already had the record by himself since the first quarter of Week 1. [/B] [B]Do not forget the postseason. How does Brees already have the record? Simple. All you have to do is add the six playoff games since 2009 that have come during the streak, which began in Week 6 that year — and Brees was sitting at 49 games before the start of this season. That is the exact same number as Unitas, who had touchdown passes in both the 1958 and 1959 NFL Championship wins in addition to the 47 regular-season games. [/B] [B]When Brees threw his first touchdown of the season in Week 1 versus the Washington Redskins, that was his 50th consecutive game with a touchdown pass, setting the record right there. [/B] [B]Yet no one has seemed to look at it that way. Meanwhile, one of the other most-cherished records in NFL history, Don Shula’s seemingly unbreakable 347 wins as a head coach, does include the postseason (19 wins). [/B] [/QUOTE]
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