BREES HITS TRE'QUAN SMITH FOR THE TD!
Brees ties Peyton Manning for the most passing TDs! (539)
Saints take a 17-0 lead over the Colts.#Saints #INDvsNO pic.twitter.com/AVbn6UKmSS— Cold Blooded Sports (@ColdBloodedChat) December 17, 2019
We’re down to 21 days until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2024 regular season, which makes Drew Brees’ record-tying 21-yard touchdown pass our pick for the Saints Play of the Day.
It was an auspicious performance for No. 9 on “Monday Night Football” against the Indianapolis Colts. Brees finished the game by completing 29 of 30 passes, an NFL record for single-game completion percentage (96.7%). But that wasn’t the only record Brees took that night.
Brees also tied (and later broke) Peyton Manning’s record for career touchdown passes. Tre’Quan Smith caught this 21-yard pass to fight through two Colts defenders and break the plane at the goal line, scoring the record-tier. And he would’ve had the record-breaker later on a 5-yard touchdown pass, but it was called back for an offensive pass interference penalty.
Instead, Brees broke the record on the next drive with a 5-yard pass to tight end Josh Hill, shattering the career record Peyton Manning had set. He finished the game going 29-of-30 for 304 yards with four touchdown passes, without taking a sack or turning the ball over. It was a vintage performance from an all-time great.
Very obvious “refs you suck” after calling offensive pass interference on Tre’Quan Smith who caught what would have been Brees 540 TD pass.
HALFTIME: Colts 0 #Saints 20 pic.twitter.com/0arJuzSw02
— Brooke Kirchhofer (@brookechesney) December 17, 2019
