Brees does remember ruling out the north shore as a possible destination, though, after those long drives across the Causeway.


"I just remember going across that Causeway and you look out and you don't see any land, and it's just that, 'Bu-dump, bu-dump, bu-dump, ' you know, of the road as you're going across the Causeway, " Brees said. "And I remember kind of dozing off a little, and I was thinking, 'I can't live across this bridge. I'll fall asleep on this bridge every day.' "