Saints fan and New Orleans native here
First of all, aside from this great stat for Brees, even more important is the *impact* he has has on this team and on our city. The Post-Katrina Saints are the BEST team we've EVER had. What the team went through having no home stadium, and STILL making it the furthest we'd EVER gone to that point (one game shy of going to the Superbowl for the first time...damned Bears
...We didn't make it to the Superbowl, but we were SO close, and we were HAPPY to have gotten that far.
When we finally did make it to the Superbowl, again, we would've been ecstatic even if we LOST...just to get there was a monumental accomplishment for the Saints. The fact that we won...well, I'm sure there are plenty of Youtube videos showing how we celebrated that night
I like Drew's attitude about it - when ESPN did the live video of him talking in the locker room, he was saying that he could NEVER have done it alone. And he wasn't even just talking about his fellow teammates - he thanked the coaching staff, and everyone down to the guy who helped him get the kinks out of his shoulder, or the guy who gave him water on the sidelines. He's a pretty humble guy (I saw him at the store once and told him what a great effect he's had on the city.)
The whole "put him on the field by himself and see how he does" is completely dumb - obviously that can never happen in a real game, and all we need to do is look at the Colts to see exactly how important one person is to a team. They SUCK without Peyton Manning, and this season has shown that pretty convincingly.
I'd like to say that I'm a huge fan of Tom Brady, too - incredible QB, and if he breaks Marino's record also, then he deserves some praise just like Brees does. The record stood for 27 years for a reason, because it's tough to do. Yes, the game HAS changed in terms of how much passing they do now compared to back then, but if it was so easy to break Marino's record, they should've been able to do it within the last...10 years or so. That's a reasonable timetable of how important passing the ball has become.
I also agree that Joe Montana and Jerry Rice were probably the BEST QB/Receiver pair ever to play the game, but it's not about pure individual stats, it's about how the QB helped the team succeed. (I used to call Steve Young "Joe Montana Jr." cos he was just THAT good...)
