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Brees named Offensive Player of the Year
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 Drew Brees is just the second player to pass for 5,000 yards or more in a season.
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New York, NY (ATS Consultants) -
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was honored on Tuesday as the Associated Press' Offensive Player of the Year.
He torched defensive backfields for a career-high and NFL-best 5,069 yards and also led the league in pass attempts (635), pass completions (413) and completions of 25 yards or more (35) this season. He beat out Indianapolis quarterback and 2008 MVP Peyton Manning and Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson for the offensive award.
Brees, who became just the second player to pass for 5,000 yards or more in a season, is the only Saint to throw for more than 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons and his 34 touchdown passes in 2008 were a franchise best. Dan Marino passed for an NFL-record 5,084 yards in 1984.
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| Might Eagles, Cardinals Have Playoff Staying Power? |
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By Tony Moss, NFL Editor |
Philadelphia, PA (ATS Consultants) -
Fans of the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers probably didn't come away too frightened from what they saw this past weekend.
Neither of their respective NFC divisional round opponents - the Philadelphia Eagles nor the Arizona Cardinals - looked especially strong in Wild Card wins on the initial weekend of the New Year.
If either set of Birds puts forth a similar type of showing against the conference's top two seeds next weekend, then the Eagles and Cardinals can look forward to watching the NFC Championship from the comfort of their own barcoloungers.
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