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With 60,168 passing yards, Brees now trails only Peyton
Manning (71,871), Brett Favre (71,838) and Dan Marino (61,361),
while his 424 touchdown throws are behind Manning (539), Favre
(508) and Tom Brady (427).
While Brees continues to pass milestones, the Saints continue to
struggle. They fell to 5-9 with Monday’s loss and will miss the
postseason for the second straight year and the third time in
their last four campaigns. Saints coach Sean Peyton and Brees
led the Saints to a Super Bowl title in the 2009 season but
those glory days are far behind them.
The 36-year-old Brees has managed to shrug off ailments and
niggles throughout his career but had the first injury-induced
(shoulder) absence of his Saints tenure in September.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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