Immaculate Drew Brees performance features rare rushing success (1 Viewer)

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By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

ATLANTA -- On a day in which Drew Brees broke Brett Favre's NFL record for most career completions, two running plays from Brees were actually the most important for the New Orleans Saints.

For just the second time in Brees' 18-year, 252-game career, he scored two rushing touchdowns and those two scores lifted the Saints to a 43-37 victory over the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Brees had an immaculate game, but one play stood out among the rest because he used a perfectly-timed spin move to evade two defenders on a 7-yard rushing touchdown that tied the game with 1:15 remaining in regulation.

"I keep telling my (sons') flag football team that spin moves are good and they're not getting it, they're not believing me," Brees said after the game. "So, I'm glad that happened because now I have video evidence to show them that, hey, spin moves work. Spin moves are good." ...

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