New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees makes more history

New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees makes more history on 'Monday Night Football'

Drew Brees would love to have a case of the Mondays every week of his NFL career as the New Orleans Saints quarterback pummeled another opponent Monday night.

Brees torched the Miami Dolphins for 413 passing yards, completing 30 of 39 attempts for four touchdowns, no interceptions and a 144.5 passer rating as the Saints crushed Miami 38 17 in the Mercedes Benz Superdome.

The success on this Monday added to Brees' career dominance on "Monday Night Football." Brees picked up his ninth consecutive on 'MNF' win and is tied with Joe Montana for the third longest winning streak on Mondays. Ken Stabler (11) and Steve Young (10) are the only two passers ahead of Brees.

Brees also has five games on "Monday Night Football" with at least four TD passes, which tied him with Dan Marino for the most all time, according to ESPN.

"He is at a really sharp level," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "He did a real good job with his progressions, protected the football well and he was outstanding."

Dolphins coach Joe Philbin added: "He played excellent. He had very good command. He threw the ball accurately. He made good decisions."

And of course Brees can't help but make NFL history seemingly every time he touches the field no matter the day.

Brees now sits sixth on the NFL's all time passing yards list as he has passed Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton (47,003) in the first quarter during the Saints' opening scoring drive. Those ahead of Brees are Brett Favre, Marino, Peyton Manning, John Elway and Warren Moon.

Brees passed Elway late in the first cheap prom dresses quarter to become fourth on the NFL's all time completions list.

The Saints quarterback's 413 yard performance gave Brees his ninth consecutive game with at least 300 passing yards. The streak tied his own NFL record. Brees also extended his streak of 20 or more completions to 56 games, adding to his continuous NFL record.

Brees' multiple TD performance was the 102nd of his career, surpassing Tarkenton for fifth place all time. Brees only trails Favre, cheap wedding dresses online Manning, Marino and Tom Brady in that category.

"Drew is a special quarterback," Saints tight end Jimmy Graham said. "He's one of the best of all time."

Running game still missing: The Saints may harp on maintaining a decent running cheap evening dresses game to complement the passing attack, and yet it's the fourth game where the Saints weren't effective in the ground game.

New Orleans struggled to establish any semblance of a running attack in the first half, picking up only 10 yards on eight carries. Last week, the Saints rushed for minus 6 yards on four carries in win vs. Arizona.

In the second half the Saints gained 58 yards on 16 carries to finish with 68 total yards on 24 carries. Khiry Robinson led the Saints in rushing for the second consecutive week with 37 yards on 12 carries.

Lewis injured: Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis left the field during the first half with a leg injury.

He returned to play the first series of the second half, but he was checked out on the trainer's table after the series. Lewis then returned to play nearly the rest of the game despite the ailment.

A couple of firsts: Graham usually dominates the catches for Saints tight ends, but Graham's backup received a taste of the end zone Monday night. Veteran Benjamin Watson picked up his first touchdown with the Saints on a four yard grab in the third quarter.