Just how great was Drew Brees in the Super Bowl

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OK, just how good was Drew Brees Sunday?

As good as anybody’s ever been in a Super Bowl.

Brees completed 82 percent of his passes, threw for 288 yards, didn’t throw an interception and had two touchdown passes.

He’s only the third quarterback in NFL history (and second this month) to complete 80 percent of his passes in a playoff game and also throw for 285 or more yards with multiple touchdowns and no interceptions.

The others are Kurt Warner (against the Packers this month) and Sunday’s losing quarterback, Peyton Manning, against the Broncos in 2003.

In Super Bowl history, only Phil Simms’ historic performance against the Broncos in Super Bowl XXI in 1987 is in the same class as Brees’ performance Sunday. Simms completed 88 percent of his passes with three TDs, no INTs and 268 passing yards.

Brees is only the third quarterback in NFL history – regular season or postseason – to throw as many as 39 passes in a game without an interception and still complete at least 82 percent of his passes. The others were Jeff Garcia (37-for-45, 82 percent) against the Lions while he was with Tampa in 2007 and Manning (32-for-39, 82 percent) against the Broncos in 2006.

Brees now has these career playoff numbers – 150-for-225 for 1645 yards with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions. He nudged his career playoff passer rating from 100.6 to 103.7, and that moved him past Warner (102.8) and into second place in NFL history among QBs with 150 or more attempts, behind only Bart Starr (104.8).

He also boosted his all-time playoff completion percentage from 63.4 all the way up to 66.7 percent, which is the highest in NFL postseason history, just above Warner’s 66.5 percent (again, based on 150 or more attempts).

Brees also became only the third quarterback in NFL history to post a passer rating of 100 or better in three consecutive games in the same postseason. Troy Aikman (1992, 1995) and Joe Montana (1988, 1989) are the only others to do it.

During the 2009 postseason, Brees threw 102 passes without an interception. That’s the most pass attempts in a single postseason without an INT. The previous record was 89 by Aikman in 1992. Here’s a list of the most attempts in a single postseason without an INT.

102 … Drew Brees, Saints (2009)
89 … Troy Aikman, Cowboys (1992)
87 … Steve Young, 49ers (1994)
86 … Daryle Lamonica, Raiders (1968)
83 … Joe Montana, 49ers (1989)
81 … Tom Brady, Patriots (2004)

Brees completed 70.6 percent of his pass attempts with eight TDs. Only Montana in 1989 also completed over 70 percent of his passes in a postseason (with 75 more attempts) and didn’t throw an interception.

Brees’s 72 completions this postseason are fourth-most ever in a single playoffs – behind Warner in four games in 2008, Tom Brady in 2007 and Jim Kelly in 1993. His eight TDs are also fourth-most ever, behind Montana’s 11 in 1989, Warner’s 11 in 2008 and Manning’s nine in 2003.

 

Izzy, you should bulk mail that post to every talking head at ESPN. Maybe then he can get some g-d respect, since none of them are capable of doing their own homework.

Tonight on ESPN Radio, Tim Hasselbeck said he was surprised at Brees' accuracy. Apparently no one told him Drew ONLY SET A NEW RECORD FOR ACCURACY this season!

Jiminy Christmas!

 

I think Kurt Warner is in that same vain.

But Brees is taking it to a new level. And he doesn't even want the pub from it either.