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We've reached Day 38 in our countdown to the New Orleans Saints' season opener, making this 38-yard Drew Brees touchdown pass our pick for the Saints Play of the Day. It was a big throw in a big moment inside the two-minute warning; Brees and the New Orleans offense were facing 3rd-and-13 against a Raiders team coached by none other than Dennis Allen, a former Sean Payton assistant who knew them very well. But Brees delivered.
Brees evaded pressure off his left side and stepped up as the pocket collapsed behind him. With Raiders defenders closing in on him fast, he lobbed a pass into the end zone where only Lance Moore could get it. The crafty wide receiver had put a step on his defender and Brees hit him in stride for the score, Moore going to the ground to protect the ball from an opponent leaping after him.
Plays like that one are why Brees is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. His ability to read the entire field and work quickly under pressure combined with a rare knack for placing the ball exactly where he wanted it made for one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Highlights like this one are worth remembering on the occasion of his Hall of Fame induction.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: This 38-yard Drew Brees touchdown pass is the Saints Play of the Day
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Brees evaded pressure off his left side and stepped up as the pocket collapsed behind him. With Raiders defenders closing in on him fast, he lobbed a pass into the end zone where only Lance Moore could get it. The crafty wide receiver had put a step on his defender and Brees hit him in stride for the score, Moore going to the ground to protect the ball from an opponent leaping after him.
Plays like that one are why Brees is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. His ability to read the entire field and work quickly under pressure combined with a rare knack for placing the ball exactly where he wanted it made for one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Highlights like this one are worth remembering on the occasion of his Hall of Fame induction.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: This 38-yard Drew Brees touchdown pass is the Saints Play of the Day
Continue reading...
