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Stick around the NFL long enough and you'll see eventually see it all. Even Drew Brees throwing five interceptions in a single game.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) is called for delay of game late in the second quarter against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Thursday November 29, 2012.
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It happened. I watched it with my very own eyes at the Georgia Dome on Thursday night.
Brees wasn't part of the reason the New Orleans Saints lost to the Falcons 23-13. He was THE reason they lost.

Not only did he throw five picks for the first time in his 12-year NFL career but his landmark streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass was snapped at 54.

Brees might play the rest of his career and never have another night like this. It started poorly and never got any better. The Saints' opening drive of the night ended in a Brees' interception, and their final two drives ended the same way.

He threw passes high, low and behind his receivers. Worse, he even did the unthinkable, botching a scoring opportunity inside the Falcons' 5-yard line before halftime with a mental mistake.

Brees has never played this poorly as a Saint. Ever. Nothing close.

The only thing Brees didn't botch on this night was the postgame press conference, where he admirably fell on the sword.

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