Adrian Peterson, Tom Brady, and everyone else congratulates Drew Brees

Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke the NFL record for career touchdown passes, earning praise from peers like Tom Brady and Russell Wilson.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees made NFL history on Monday night, breaking the all-time record for career touchdown passes with his performance against the Indianapolis Colts.

On top of that, Brees broke his own record for consecutive pass completions in a single game, stringing together 21 straight completed passes. If he keeps it up, the Saints’ living legend can break the NFL’s single-game record for completion percentage (he’s currently at 29-of-30, or 96.6%). It’s a vintage performance by every measure from the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback.

And it’s earned recognition from Brees’ peers around the league. Everyone from All-Pro quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson to one-time teammate Adrian Peterson chimed in, as well as a host of retired greats like Hall of Fame passer Kurt Warner.

But before anyone takes aim at Peyton Manning for his silence on Brees breaking the record he set: Manning congratulated Brees before anyone else, during a video he recorded last year when Brees took his record for career passing yards. Check it out:

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