Euphoria

Brees was the face of the deal struck to put an end to the NFL lockout.

Look if you voted for the rules especially the Franchise tag. Well man up and live up to your end of the deal. Sign the tag!

NuNu318

And I remember there was a big uproar during those lockout negotiations about a handfull of players (most notably Brees & Vincent Jackson) holding everything up because they wanted the new CBA to include that the franchise tag WOULD NOT be put on them for the rest of their careers. I remember Brees catching most of the flack for that until he came out and did damage control. Then they went ahead and signed the CBA as is.

Once the lockout was over......Saints supposedly offered him the highest contract in the league at that time. He and his agent turned it down. His agent went to plan B and got Manning the highest paid contract knowing that he could drive up the price for Brees. Then the bounty gate thing happen which was just the icing on the cake for Condon's negotiation strategy......


Just saying if you look at a lot of the stuff between then and now......it connects in a lot of ways.....

goguxxx

Damn right ! You sir hit the nail on the head.Its the old american double standard,say one thing-do another. Imo he will have an emo sitout untill the season beings and then when he will have a few games like the Rams 2011 one,everyone will agree he did not deserve highest pay in football.
Now,im not saying he isnt good,he can be the best player ever,he just needs to cut a notch off asking price.