Tom Brady passes Peyton Manning to move into second place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list

Tom Brady has reached another milestone in his illustrious NFL career.

After throwing for 334 yards in the New England Patriots’ 35-14 win over the New York Giants on Thursday night, he surpassed the legendaryPeyton Manning to move into second all-time in NFL passing yards.

The 42-year old, who is currently playing in his 20th NFL season, has accumulated 72,257 passing yards to go along with 6618 pass completions and 579 touchdowns over a span of 275 career games.

He now needs 2,589 passing to move past Saints quarterback Drew Brees for most of all-time. Brees is currently out with a thumb injury, but is expected to return to action within the next few weeks.