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Brees passes into NFL history

On a night when he stood taller than any other NFL quarterback ever, at least in one very historic sense, it's ironic that Drew Brees couldn't see much of the record-breaking feat he had just wrought.

As it turns out, the quarterback they once said was too short to play in the league, had his sight lines blocked once more.

"I didn't see anything except my linemen's facemasks,'' said Brees, when asked what he saw of the football that broke Dan Marino's record for single-season passing yardage, after it was caught by Saints running back Darren Sproles for a 9-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass. "I throw it to Sprolesy, and next thing you know, I'm getting bum-rushed.''

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