The Drew Brees Watch

by Jon Wagner

One year after passing for the second most yards (5,069) in an NFL season, only 15 yards behind Hall Of Fame quarterback Dan Marino’s single-season record of 5,084 yards in 1984, New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees is  again poised to take aim at Marino’s record. FRO follows Brees’ prusuit of Marino each week, throughout the season:

Brees’ 2009 Avg. Yards Per Game:             283.00

Avg. Yards Needed To Pass Marino:            338.70

WEEK    DATE                    OPP/RESULT        COMP-ATT %   TD-INT    YARDS    REMAINING

1      Sun 9/13           vs DET   W, 45-27           26-34    76.5      6-1       358      4,727

2      Sun 9/20           at PHI   W, 48-22           25-34    73.5      3-1       311      4,416

3      Sun 9/27           at BUF   W, 27-7             16-29    55.2      0-0       172      4,244

4      Sun 10/4           vs NYJ   W, 24-10           20-32    62.5      0-0       190      4,054

5      Bye

6      Sun 10/18         vs NYG  W, 48-27           23-30    76.7     4-0        369      3,685

7      Sun 10/25         at MIA   W, 46-34          22-38    57.9     1-3        298      3,387

8      Mon 11/2          vs ATL

9      Sun 11/8           vs CAR

10      Sun 11/15         at STL

11      Sun 11/22         at TB

12      Mon 11/30         vs NE

13      Sun 12/6           at WAS

14      Sun 12/13         at ATL

15      Sat 12/19          vs DAL

16      Sun 12/27         vs TB

17      Sun 1/3             at CAR

PF-PA        COMP-ATT     %      TD-INT   YDS

TOTALS;                                   238-127        132-197   67.0   14-5     1,698

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