This past weekend against the Cincinnati Bengals, Tom Brady's consecutive games of throwing a touchdown pass ended. The Patriots defense played a hard fought game, and so did the Bengals, keeping the score low. With a young and depleted receiving corp, Brady struggled to generate offense on a muggy Sunday afternoon. They did have some chances though, as they got to one yard line on a down field pass from Brady to Danny Amendola, who dove for the ball. Amendola attempted to roll into the end zone, but was touched by a Bengals defender before the ball crossed the plan. Knowing how close Tom Brady was to keeping this streak alive, it is sort of hard to bear for a Pats fan, especially since he was so close to breaking the record. Drew Brees passed for 54 straight games with a touchdown, beating Johnny Unitas, who held the former record of 47 straight games. Brady had completed 52 straight games with at least one touchdown pass. This record was broken on Sunday at Cincinnati, who ironically, were the team who allowed Brady to start his streak on in 2010. Hopefully this will not affect Brady and the Patriots, who will be playing Drew Brees and the Saints on Sunday. Brady COULD have tied Brees' record if he threw a touchdown this past week, but he does not have that opportunity any more.
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