Well, wouldn’t this be something?
Tom Brady, returning to Foxboro for the first time since leaving the New England Patriots in 2020, ends up breaking Drew Brees’ record for most career NFL passing yards (80,358, if you’re counting) … while in front of his old fanbase.
Yeah, that would be quite a moment.
Brady will start the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 2021 season with 79,204 passing yards, just 1,154 behind Brees. As ESPN Stats and Info and many others have calculated, if he keeps up his 2020 pace of 289.6 passing yards per game, he’d do it in that Week 4 game.
And you just know EVERYONE involved will know that will want to either smash the record there … or perhaps prevent it.
Tom Brady can set the all-time passing yards record in his return to New England in Week 4. Brady enters the season 1,154 yards behind Drew Brees and at his 2020 pace (289.6 Pass YPG), he would finish Week 4 with 1,158 yards. pic.twitter.com/55VJMYagQN
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 13, 2021
How about this? Tom Brady will enter the 2021 season 1,154 passing yards behind Drew Brees for the NFL all-time passing yards record.
If Brady were to average 289.6 yards per game, he would break the all-time record in Week 4… when he faces his old team in New England. pic.twitter.com/T8gNsjzPJ2
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) May 13, 2021
Wow. A must-watch game for another huge reason!
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