What kind of a quarterback is Drew Brees, do you think?
The Jets are making their first trip to New Orleans since 2001, but they should be accustomed to the “Who Dats?” A year ago, they gave new meaning to an age-old term used by Saints fans. The Jets lost to a mediocre group of quarterbacks that included Seneca Wallace, Shaun Hill, JaMarcus Russell and Matt Cassel (in his first start since high school), and they were lucky to beat J.P. Losman and Tyler Thigpen. Who Dem? The Jets’ days as the Big Easy are over. If they upset the Saints on Sunday, they will have defeated Tom Brady, Kerry Collins and Drew Brees in succession – a three-time Super Bowl champion, the third-leading active player in career passing yards and the NFL’s most prolific quarterback since 2006, respectively. It would be the Jets’ most impressive back-to-back-to-back quarterback run since the end of the 2002 season, when they took down Brady, Brett Favre and, in a playoff game, Peyton Manning. “I know a lot of people are surprised by our start, but we aren’t,” defensive c
Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes as the New Orleans Saints won the battle of undefeated teams by crushing the New York Giants 48-27 in a day of NFL action dominated by big-name quarterbacks. The Giants (5-1) went into Sunday’s matchup having allowed just 211 yards a game, but they never seriously disturbed Brees, who completed 23 of 30 pass attempts to help the Saints (5-0) rack up 493 yards in total offence, Brees utilised all his outlets with seven players recording touchdowns while the New Orleans defence ruined Eli Manning’s homecoming. The New York quarterback was playing his first game in the stadium where he grew up cheering his father, the former Saints QB Archie Manning. Brees did most of his damage in the first half, completing 17 of 20 passes, including 15 straight, for three touchdowns. “We wanted to really dictate the tempo of the game the whole way through,” Brees said. “Seven different guys scored touchdowns. That’s big.” Tom Brady, meanwhile, threw an NFL record f
