Drew Brees is passing yards leader for NFL record sixth time
Drew Brees finished first in the NFL in passing yards in 2015, despite missing a game. It’s the fourth time since 2011 he has led the league in that category and the sixth time in his career, and league record.
He’s slowing down. He’s getting weak. He’s declining. We heard it all about New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees before the 2015 season began, and even sometimes during. But for people who actually know a little something about the future Hall-of-Fame gunslinger, that nonsense goes in one ear and right out the other.
Despite the Saints’ disappointing campaign, Drew Brees still did Drew Brees things, passing for an NFL-high 4,870 yards. It’s the fourth time in the past five years he has finished at the top of the stat sheet when it comes to passing yards, and he even missed a game. It’s the sixth time in his career he led — a league record in front of Dan Marino‘s five.
In 2014, he tied Ben Roethlisberger with 4,952 yards. In 2012, Brees was at the top with 5,177, and again in 2011 with a career-high 5,476 yards, which is good for second in NFL history — just one yard shy of Peyton Manning. Brees also led the league in passing yards in 2006 and 2008.
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Drew Brees capped off the 2015 season with a win Sunday over the Saints’ No. 1 enemy, the Atlanta Falcons, after he passed for 323 yards and a touchdown. It was the fourth-straight game he threw for over 300 yards with zero interceptions.
He did what he was supposed to do and ‘finished strong’, leading New Orleans to a 3-1 record over the final four games after they went on a losing streak that stretched Nov. 8 – Dec. 6.
Unfortunately, the Saints still disappointed in what was perhaps the team’s worst performance of the Sean Payton era. And while Drew Brees may enjoy the fact that he led the NFL in passing again, a winning season is far more important to him than personal achievements.
Regardless, the Pro Bowl snub was still able to prove his critics wrong, playing at an elite level again in 2015. 4,870 yards, 32 touchdowns, a 101 passer rating, and a Saints’ career-low 11 interceptions isn’t too shabby.