New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's assault on the NFL record books continued Sunday when he toppled old rival Peyton Manning's record for most career passing yards (regular season and playoffs combined).
Brady entered Sunday's Week 12 game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium needing just 147 yards to beat Manning, and he got the record-setting yardage with a throw to Sony Michel in the second quarter.
He finished the game with 20 completions in 31 attempts for 283 yards and two touchdowns, and now has 79,416 career yards. (He also reached the 3,000-yard plateau in season yardage for the 16th time, tying Manning and Drew Brees for second place behind all-time leader Brett Favre, who passed for 3,000 or more yards 18 times.)
Brady now has a little more than 69,000 yards passing in the regular season, which ranks fourth all time. He still trails Brett Favre (71,838), Peyton Manning (71,940) and Drew Brees (73,580).
The Patriots quarterback has a healthy lead on the all-time playoff passing yards leaderboard. His 10,226 postseason passing yards are nearly 3,000 more than Manning in second place. The closest active player to Brady in career playoff passing yardage is Ben Roethlisberger at 5,256 and counting.
Brady's newest record is further proof he's the greatest quarterback in league history.
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