TheOak

What is the alternative? Chase Daniels @ 2m a year? People would rather that? We could cut Drew and pick up Sanchez for cheap.

In this league your either a have or a have not. You either have a Brady/Brees/Manning/Rogers or you are trying to get one.

burningmetal

I think you already know the answer to that question. Of course we'd all rather Brees. We all wanted him to re-sign. We just hoped that maybe we wouldn't have to mortgage the rest of the team to do so. But that hope turned out to be very unrealistic.

I think the Saints will find a way to continue to be successful in the future, but it will be a much different team before long. In the end, there does not appear to be one single player out there who is willing to take less for the better of the team. They go for straight market value.

After a 60 million dollar deal (that's not even including however much he made in San Diego, which still would have been far more then any of us are likely to ever make) you'd think that maybe an 80-85 million dollar contract the second time around would be sufficient pay. Ah, but athletes don't think like that. They feel "disrespected" if they make less than someone else.

If only we could all be so hurt.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

saintsfan1976

I have no problem with the guy who touches the ball most (not the center) being the highest paid.

As for "greedy" players wanting too much money - think about how much the NFL makes off them and their success.

And then think about guys like Marcus Lattimore.