" Brees immediately issued another statement to clarify, " My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military.

Brees is the only quarterback in NFL history to reach 400 + yards passing in consecutive playoff games, which he has done in three straight postseason games ( 2010 vs. Seattle ; 2011 vs. Detroit ; 2011 vs. San Francisco ).

Brees has the highest career completion percentage among all quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 2, 500 + attempts – 65. 94 %.

Brees is currently tied all-time with consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass – 47 ( 2009 – present ), with Johnny Unitas, who threw a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games ( between 1956 – 1960 ), a record which has remained unsurpassed for 52 years.

With his first win over the Bears, Brees has defeated all NFL teams except the Baltimore Ravens.

Johnny Unitas has the all time record with 47 straight games with a TD pass, but Brees streak is the fourth-longest in the NFL since 1950.

Brees has not been held without a TD pass since Week 4 of the 2009 season, a 24-10 home win over the New York Jets.

With that TD pass, Brees tied Johnny Unitas ' consecutive game streak with at least 1 TD pass which has stood unbroken for more than 52 years.

Purdue has traditionally been called the ' Cradle of Quarterbacks ', having produced NFL stars Cecil Isbell, Dale Samuels, Bob DeMoss, NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl MVP Len Dawson, NFL Hall of Famer Bob Griese, Mike Phipps, Gary Danielson, Mark Herrmann, Scott Campbell, Jim Everett, Eric Hunter, Billy Dicken, Kyle Orton and Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington, who suffered two tears to his rotator cuff and has undergone as many surgeries to repair it, is often compared to Cook because their injuries are so similar ; his injury was also similar to that suffered by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who had surgery on his rotator cuff after the 2005-06 season and finished the following season as an All-Pro quarterback.

Brees, upset about not receiving a long term deal, has yet to sign the tender and so far has not attended any of the team's off-season activities.

Many famous athletes have been featured in the series, including Rob Ray, Andre Agassi, Ray Allen, Michael Andretti, Carmelo Anthony, Gilbert Arenas, Lance Armstrong, Paul Bearer, Rich Beem, Drew Bledsoe, King Kong Bundy, Bill Bradley, Drew Brees, Kobe Bryant, Mark Buehrle, Kurt Busch, Jennifer Capriati, Brandi Chastain, Chris Chelios, Roger Clemens ( who was in 5 of them, the most of any athlete ), Sidney Crosby, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards, Roger Federer, Kevin Garnett, Ozzie Guillén, Mia Hamm, Jim Harbaugh, Evander Holyfield, Tim Hudson, LeBron James, Keyshawn Johnson, Roy Jones Jr., Jim Kelly, Alexi Lalas, Bobby Labonte, Lennox Lewis, Mark McGwire, Shawn Micheals, Gheorghe Muresan, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, Candace Parker, Chris Paul, Gaylord Perry, Adrian Peterson, Michael Phelps, Mary Lou Retton, Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, Pete Sampras, Maria Sharapova, Andriy Shevchenko, Jerry Stackhouse, Kerri Strug, Fernando Vargas, Adam Vinatieri, Shaun White, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, David Wright, Alexander Ovechkin, and The Undertaker.

Brooks retired in 2007 as the Saints ' franchise leader in season and career touchdown passes, though both records have since been broken by Drew Brees.

Brees was selected as Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996 and led the Westlake High School football team to 16-0 record and state championship.

Ultimately, Brees was the second quarterback selected in the 2001 draft, chosen by the San Diego Chargers as the first pick of the second round.

The Chargers won the AFC West and Brees was selected to the 2004 NFL Pro Bowl.

Despite the disappointing end to the season, Brees was selected to his fifth Pro Bowl ( fourth as a Saint ) and was voted the No. 9 NFL player of 2011 by his peers.

Additionally, Gates was on the receiving end of a 33 yard pass from teammate Drew Brees in a flea-flicker play selected by fans online.

He was selected to attend the 2006 Pro Bowl alongside the player he protects, quarterback Drew Brees, after anchoring the line that got the Saints to the NFC Championship Game.

He was again selected with Brees to participate in the 2008 Pro Bowl.

Tuiasosopo was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft, the 59th overall pick and the fourth quarterback selected ( behind Michael Vick, Drew Brees, & Quincy Carter ).

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, a former teammate of Flutie's, executed a drop kick late on an extra point attempt in the fourth quarter of the 2012 Pro Bowl ; the kick fell short.

Brees was named starting quarterback for the NFC in the 2007 Pro Bowl.

Brees then dislocated his left elbow during the first quarter of the Pro Bowl.

Brees ' individual statistics led to numerous accolades, including a Pro Bowl selection, the Maxwell Football Club's Bert Bell Award, and runner-up in voting for the AP MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, and All-Pro awards.

The team sent three players to the 2007 Pro Bowl: the aforementioned Brees, DE Will Smith and LT Jammal Brown

* Super Bowl XLIV – Drew Brees

For middle school, he attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School, where he was friends and teammates with future Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees.

In 2010, Dawson presented the New Orleans Saints and another Purdue quarterback, Drew Brees, with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after their victory in Super Bowl XLIV.

During his Super Bowl victory in 2009, Brees tied a record for most completions in a Super Bowl with 32 ( Super Bowl XLIV ; tied with Tom Brady ).

Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 pass completions and won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award.

Brees was named the 2010 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, both for his winning the Super Bowl and his charitable work towards the reconstruction of New Orleans.

Brees celebrating the Super Bowl win with his son.

Drew Brees began the 2011 season against the Super Bowl champs, Green Bay Packers, in a close loss, 42-34.

Brees in the Who Dat Victory Parade, Canal Street, New Orleans, after the Super Bowl XLIV win.

At the time of Anderson's retirement following the 1986 season, he held NFL records for consecutive pass completions ( 20 ), completion percentage for a single game ( 20 of 22, 90. 9 %, vs. Pittsburgh in 1974 ) and completion percentage for a season ( 70. 6 % in 1982 ), as well as the Super Bowl records for completion percentage ( 73. 5 %) ( since broken by Phil Simms ) and completions ( 25 ; Tom Brady and Drew Brees each hold the current record with 32 ).

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP.

Brees knelt the ball with 0: 44 left on the clock, ending Super Bowl XLIV and winning the Saints ' first league championship in franchise history.

Drew Brees was named Super Bowl MVP for tying a Super Bowl record by completing 32 of 39 passes, with 288 passing yards and two touchdowns.

In the first game of the 2009 season against the Detroit Lions, Brees set a career-high and franchise-tying record with six touchdown passes, ( NFL record for opening week ) going 26 / 34 for 358 yards.

Saints All-Pro quarterback Drew Brees made a controversial tweet on June 20, 2012 stating, " If NFL fans were told there were " weapons of mass destruction " enough times, they'd believe it.

Multiple-award winners include Marshall Faulk and Earl Campbell, both of whom won the award three times each, as well as Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Tom Brady, Terrell Davis, and Drew Brees, all two-time award winners.