By Jeremy Bergman | Around the NFL writer
Monday night was Drew Brees' night. Led by a record-breaking performance by the future Hall of Fame quarterback, the New Orleans Saints (11-3) trounced the Indianapolis Colts (6-8) in the Superdome, 34-7, to close out Week 15. Here's what we learned from the historic evening:
1. Drew Brees' legend in New Orleans and the NFL grew three sizes on Monday night, as the Saints quarterback broke yet another career passing record -- and tossed in an in-game passing record to boot. Brees threw four touchdown passes against a beleaguered Colts secondary, one more than was necessary to top Peyton Manning's record mark of 539. Brees tied Manning's record with his second TD pass in the second quarter and nearly broke it right before halftime, but an offensive pass interference call on Tre'Quan Smith nullified a potential record-breaker to the wideout and New Orleans settled for a field goal. Out of the half, though, Brees finished the job. His five-yard play-action TD pass to backup tight end and human trivia answer Josh Hill gave Brees No. 540, sent the Superdome into hysterics and essentially clinched the easy, Breesy prime-time victory.
Brees wasn't through, though. Not only did he add another touchdown pass to Taysom Hill later in the third quarter, but the Saints QB finished the game having completed 29 of 30 pass attempts for an NFL-record 96.7 completion percentage, breaking Philip Rivers' record (96.6). A quintessential evening for the future Hall of Famer: Brees was prolific (307 yards), efficient (96.7 comp. pct.), lethal (four TDs) and generous (four TDs caught by four different receivers). New Orleans' offense, fresh off a disappointing defeat in a shootout with San Francisco, is in a good place, in part due to its unflappable and immortal quarterback, Saint amongst men, king of the dome, holder of records. ...
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