Only Brees (152 games), Hall of Famer Dan Marino (153) and Peyton Manning (154) accomplished the feat in fewer games.
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“You could call these on every single pass play where there’s two players next to each other”, Esaison said.
None of it bothered Brock Osweiler.
Gronkowski was carted from the field during Sunday’s game at Denver Broncos after taking a hit from safety Darian Stewart to his right knee. “This was a tremendous team win”, Osweiler said.
“But, yeah, it was fun”. With Julian Edelman out for the remainder of the regular season and with Danny Amendola also ailing, the Patriots were down to Brandon LaFell, Chris Harper and Keshawn Martin at receiver.
The injury report may not be terrible, but Brady was still furious about the overtime loss to the Broncos and a wasted trip to Colorado, saying, “this one hurts”. “Like I said, all our fingers are crossed that it’s nothing serious”.
“We will need to rely on him quite a bit”, Brady said. I’m not saying we weren’t trying to do that in the beginning of the season, but we’re executing up front better.
“I hate to see it, but it really is the only way defenders can hit now”, Brady said, via ESPN.com. “I bet if you asked a lot of players they’d probably rather you go high than low”. But when you go low, that’s what happens. I don’t think I’ve ever been so pissed off after a loss.
“How it all played out, I guess I was just pretty pissed off… just how the last 20 minutes of the game played out”.
If the Broncos wind up meeting the New England Patriots in the playoffs, there’s a good chance they’ll have to face tight end Rob Gronkowski again. He put up 58 yards on five catches along with one touchdown in the loss to the Denver Broncos. “We played hard, everybody pitched in and we never gave up on the situation”, Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak told reporters.
Cardinals 19, 49ers 13: In Santa Clara, California, Carson Palmer ran for a go-ahead 8-yard touchdown with 2:28 left. Osweiler threw for 270 yards and one touchdown for Denver. For the season, they’re only averaging 94 rushing yards per game.
Jeremy Maclin had nine receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown, and Cairo Santos hit three field goals for the Chiefs (6-5).
Palmer completed 24-of-40 passes for 271 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.
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Brees’ last game without a touchdown pass came on November 29, 2012, against Atlanta.
