![]() ![]() ![]() With another 201 yards, Brees, who has thrown for 71,740, will vault past Favre and then Manning, a son of New Orleans, into first place. That standard, Woodson continued, applies only to a certain subset of quarterbacks - retired legends like Brett Favre and Peyton Manning or current luminaries like Drew Brees of the Saints, who, in all likelihood, will set the career passing mark on Monday night at home against Washington. “Matthew Stafford? It doesn’t fit the mold of greatness.” “I’d say, ‘Hell no,’” Darren Woodson, a former All-Pro safety, said recently when posed with such a possibility. Yes, this - well, probably not the flag part - could really happen. They’re congratulating him for becoming the N.F.L.’s career leader in passing yardage. ![]() The receiver catches it in stride, eluding a defender reaching for the flag dangling from his hip, for a 20-yard gain, and the Lions race onto the field to mob Stafford. Late in the third quarter of Detroit’s game in London, Matthew Stafford, in his 19th consecutive season quarterbacking the Lions, whips the ball toward a teammate darting across the middle. ![]()
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