Everything related to Drew Brees Pre-Signing Thread.

[4thqtrsaint]

No worries, seriously... Drew & his agent are not asking an unreasonable amount when you consider his status among other top QBs. There's the franchise tag ruling (if you ask me Drew can't win that). After that its all about getting market value. When Saints fans start calling him greedy, I say, think about what he's done for our franchise... Now compare that to every Saints QB prior to him...

I know we feel he should take a "hometown" discount, which would help the team sign or resign others. But Drew has been on the other end of that. If he gets injured, he doesn't get paid and then he gets replaced. And I love my Saints, but they would cut him in a heartbeat to keep winning.

The only problem there is, the Chargers drafted Rivers. There's no telling who we'd get. Another sea of Aaron Brooks & Billy Joes... Good god that's scary.

[TheOak]

Originally Posted by 4thqtrsaint

I know we feel he should take a "hometown" discount, which would help the team sign or resign others. But Drew has been on the other end of that.

Drew has been on home town discount since 2009. 2006/2007/2008 were risk management for a QB coming off of shoulder surgery.. Since winning the Super Bowl, he has proven his shoulder is not an issue and been playing for less than 7.5m a year.

Drews previous contract:
2006: 1,900,000
2007: 2,800,000
2008: 4,800,000
2009: 4,487,500
2010: 6,489,000
2011: 7,393,500
Signing Bonus: $8 million
$20 million guaranteed

[saintfan]

Originally Posted by x626xBlack

Drew has been on home town discount since 2009. 2006/2007/2008 were risk management for a QB coming off of shoulder surgery.. Since winning the Super Bowl, he has proven his shoulder is not an issue and been playing for less than 7.5m a year.

Drews previous contract:
2006: 1,900,000
2007: 2,800,000
2008: 4,800,000
2009: 4,487,500
2010: 6,489,000
2011: 7,393,500
Signing Bonus: $8 million
$20 million guaranteed

Yes, but that was HIS choice - to play for less - because we've tried to sign him and HE decided to wait.

[FinSaint]

Originally Posted by 4thqtrsaint

When Saints fans start calling him greedy, I say, think about what he's done for our franchise... Now compare that to every Saints QB prior to him...

Agreed, but that's not a one way street either. Think about what the Saints have done for Brees' career - SB, ML, TB, and the rest of the power figures.

As I'm sure that there are many teams jumping at the chance to get Brees to be their QB, I'm also sure that there are many QBs out there hoping they'd be lucky enough to be the starter for the Saints.

All I'm saying is that it would seem very beneficial for both sides to reach an agreement, because the two sides can for sure succeed together or risk trying to emulate the past success with an alternative partner.