BRAND-NEW ORLEANS– Chalk up another unusual turning point for Drew Brees on Monday Night Football.
Brees and the New Orleans Saints rallied from a 20-3 deficit on Monday to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 in overtime, marking the second time in Brees profession that the quarterback rallied from a deficit of 17 points or greater.
Brees was formerly 1-48 in such scenarios, according to ESPN Stats & & Information research study. The other win? An awesome 46-34 triumph at Miami in 2009– throughout the Saints Super Bowl season– in which New Orleans tracked by 21.
” Yeah, this was a wild one,” Brees, 41, said on the ESPN broadcast after he finished with 325 lawns, a goal pass and a TD run.
1 RelatedBrees now has 12 profession OT wins, including the playoffs, tied with Tampa Bays Tom Brady for the most by a starting QB in NFL history.
When asked if he understood the history of those 17-point rallies, Brees pointed out that he was part of Saints groups that returned from comparable margins before losing gut-wrenching playoff games at San Francisco in 2011 and Minnesota in 2017.
” So I know theres this specific variety of 17, but Im sure if we clumped in the 13s, 14s, 15s, there would be a fair bit more,” Brees stated with a smile. “But the bottom line is we were not playing Saints football in the very first half. There were a lot of errors that get you beat.
” We should not have actually needed to mount the resurgence we had to install in order to win this game.”
No one is suggesting that these Saints (3-2) look prepared to make another Super Bowl run right now, after an up-and-down start to this season and a much more unstable start to Monday nights video game, which included method a lot of protective breakdowns. They did overcome a 14-0 deficit in Detroit simply last week, and now they get an opportunity at a much-needed reboot after the Week 6 bye, which must consist of the return of star broad receiver Michael Thomas.
” At the end of the day, these are growing experiences. These are learning experiences,” Brees stated. “And to have wins like this, where you really have to combat to win– similar to we did last week … this is how you grow as a team. This is how you become battle-tested. And I believe it pays dividends as you move along here.”
Saints coach Sean Payton declined to elaborate on his choice to bench Thomas for this video game after Thomas threw a punch at a colleague in practice Friday, saying that he chose to go over “the gamers that played tonight.”
Brees stated he and other group leaders have actually talked with Thomas, and “Mike is a big part of this group, and hes gon na be a huge part of this team progressing.”
” We had an event, and Sean resolved it … and were gon na be all great,” Brees said of Thomas, who missed out on three video games due to the fact that of an ankle injury before Fridays occurrence.
Brees and the Saints offense got off to an uninspired start Monday before they ignited during a two-minute touchdown drill before halftime.
Brees started the video game 7-of-15 passing for 43 backyards with an interception before his strong finish. His 41-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jared Cook consisted of 32 air yards– the second most of any of his tosses this season, per ESPN Stats & & Information research study. He likewise led the Saints downfield for kicker Wil Lutzs 36-yard basket to begin overtime before New Orleans defense came up with a game-winning stop.
Brees gotten in touch with pass receiver Emmanuel Sanders for a career-high 12 catches and 122 lawns and with running back Alvin Kamara for a stunning, 28-yard catch in tight protection late in the fourth quarter.
” Some video games we get what we want more than other games. It is what it is,” Kamara said. “Its a different flavor to every video game. And tonight was a dirty, dirty, dirty video game. We just had to claw and scratch and come out on top.”
Brees has had some remarkable Monday Night Football efficiencies, consisting of games in which he set the NFL profession passing yardage record, the NFL profession TD pass record, the NFL single-season passing yardage record and the NFL single-game completion portion record.
Brees has a total of 18 300-yard passing video games and six games with at least 4 goal passes on Monday nights– both the most in league history.
New Orleans return spoiled a historic Monday night efficiency for Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who ended up being the very first rookie to throw 4 TD passes on Monday Night Football.
” So I understand theres this precise number of 17, but Im sure if we clumped in the 13s, 14s, 15s, there would be quite a bit more,” Brees said with a smile. Brees began the game 7-of-15 passing for 43 backyards with an interception before his strong finish.” Some games we get what we desire more than other video games. “Its a various flavor to every game. And tonight was an unclean, filthy, dirty game.
