lee909

I get that, but it would likely be a wasted year and would decimate the team as you would either have to eat a massive 35ml cap hit or extend him again pushing more money down the line.


I have seen it to much in other sports when fighters,players i have loved watching compete just going on a couple of years beyond what they should physcially and it just gets ugly and leaves a bit of a tarnish on their legacy for many. For what he doen he would deserve it, but for the team it would push everything back a year for nothing and you are wasting a year of young players

"Two receivers to the left, Garcon to the right. Manning in the shotgun, puts Collie in motion. Looks in his direction...it's picked off! It's picked off! It's Tracy Porter again! He's runnin' free! He's gonna go all the way!

UK_WhoDat

As a player, I would not. I would want to him to retain whatever modicum of health and fitness he has, for the benfit of his, his family's future.

As an Ambassador for the Saints - Yeah.

BakoSaint

If Teddy Bridgewater or Alex Smith had been the Saints starting QB when they sustained their big injury, they would still have started in the playoffs, even if we had a backup who just as good a recent record or recently led the league in passing.

The Dude

He was still our best bet. He should have sat out for the KC game. I have no doubt he has the skills and ability to go another year and perform at a very high level. Unfortunately his body had different plans and he would just wind up hurt again.

RailBoss

"Two receivers to the left, Garcon to the right. Manning in the shotgun, puts Collie in motion. Looks in his direction...it's picked off! It's picked off! It's Tracy Porter again! He's runnin' free! He's gonna go all the way!

909 I can still see Tracy Porter like a continual memory loop. Not to mention Drew was 31 years old in that game against the Colts.

Rsanders24

Those injuries would explain why even the normal accurate short passes were off on a lot of his throws. It was a very sad ending to a season that had so much promise.

I appreciate all that Brees has done but now it’s time to just move on. We have a young core of players that we cannot afford to waste. There is very little chance that with all those injuries Brees would be a 100% next season not factoring that he will be declining physically.

blackangold

No one is 100% that late into the season, but Brees could barely throw the ball 20 yds when the season started. As we got toward the end of the season the 15yd passes were struggling to get there quickly.

I don’t blame Drew, being a ego driven guy I understand what he did, but I doubt many believe he was the best option at QB over the last 2 years. Payton went 8-1 over the last 2 seasons without him and with 2 different QBs.

Oh well... time to move on.

SaintFanQ

Don't forget Thomas was playing injured too, normally his top receiver, so that wouldn't help Brees's cause either.

MatthewT

Perhaps what this really proves is the Saints have no confidence in Jameis Winston and if Brees retires there will be new QBs brought in to compete with Hill.

K Major

I simply cannot believe Winston won't get a legit look (assuming he resigns) in 2021. He has the body of work, 1st round pedigree, can make all NFL throws & has won a lot of meaningful games.

Jameis has had 3 different HC/OC's in 5 seasons.

Sean P turned an unpolished Tony Romo into a really good QB. I'd like to see what he could do with Winston on a FT basis.