Saintly Drew Brees On Pace to Shatter Two Old NFL Passing Records

Through four games, New Orleans Saints quarterback (and Kornheiser's Cartel favorite) Drew Brees is 107-for-148 (72.3%) for 1343 yards with a quarterback rating of 106.9 while throwing to a bunch of number three receivers after Marques Colston was injured in week one. He's also saved 314 Cajuns, reformed 963 prisoners, donated his money, house, and all of his clothing to charity, talked Jerry Seinfeld into doing those mildly amusing Microsoft commercials, decreased reciprocal usage of the word "bro" among non-bros by over 40% (!), and is close to bringing Elian home.

It's clear that no one in the sporting world is overlooked like Mr. New Orleans Drew Brees (well, other than Coach Conor O'Neill, who I almost overlooked myself).

He's on pace to pass for 5,372 yards, which would shatter the NFL single-season yardage record (5,084 by Dan Marino in 1984). If he can sustain his ridiculous completion percentage, that would also break a rickety old NFL record (70.55% by Ken Anderson in 1982). How are we not being reminded of this regularly?

Also never before mentioned is the fact that from 2004 through week four of the 2008 season, Brees has posted a 94.9 passer rating. That number is higher than the career passer ratings of both Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.

2008 seems destined to be the year Brees will finally receive the accolades he's long deserved. The Saints have an improved defense (with the exception of rookie cornerback Tracy Porter) and Saints running back Reggie Bush is suspiciously reminding me of former USC running back Reggie Bush. Coach Sean Payton has committed a few serious coaching gaffes that cost the Saints two games already this season (embarrassing playcalling in the red zone chief among them), but the schedule looks accommodating for New Orleans to go on a major tear despite their coach.

If that happens, Brees will have a great chance to break both NFL records, not to mention finally receiving the NFL MVP award he deserved in 2004 and 2006.

Hopefully Coach Conor, in the spirit of G-Baby (RIP), will go broke upholding his end of the bargain rewarding the MVP (Most Valuable Pizzaeater) with a pizza for every touchdown he throws.

After all, he won't just be feeding a man........................ he'll be feeding a city.