*Alvin Kamara – Noteworthy
RB Alvin Kamara rushed 16 times for 66 yards and caught 15 passes for 124 yards on Sunday against the Saints.
*Michael Thomas – Noteworthy
WR Michael Thomas caught 10 passes for 129 yards on Sunday against the Falcons.
Drew Brees – Noteworthy
QB Drew Brees scored on a 1-yard run to beat the Atlanta Falcons 43-37 in a game between the two NFC South rivals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Brees completed 39 of 49 passes for 396 yards and three touchdowns and rushed three times for 7 yards and two touchdowns.
Brees broke Brett Favre’s record for career completions. “I’m grateful, very grateful,” he said. “I hope there’s a lot more coming.”
Drew Brees – Noteworthy
QB Drew Brees set the NFL record for most completed passes in a career on Sunday. Brees broke Hall of Famer Brett Favre’s record by finding Michael Thomas with a 17-yard pass for his 6,301st career completion in the second quarter of the Saints’ game against the Atlanta Falcons. Favre, who played 20 NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, passed Hall of Famer Dan Marino (4,967) to initially set his completion record. Brees now resides approximately 700 yards shy of Peyton Manning’s all-time mark of 71,940 career passing yards.