Drew Brees on Darren Sproles trade: ‘That was one of the tougher ones’
 

“That was one of the tougher ones for me,” Brees said, via Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports. ”I feel like that was my guy, that was my pick and I wanted that to last forever. But unfortunately, it didn’t last forever.”

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Just listen to the comments on there.......embarrassing.

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It's amazing how many idiots there are in the world.

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big hole to fill. it will take at least two players to pick up the slack

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Not a very well written piece. Trying to cut and paste him talking about two different things into one quote. They were selling the article as "Brees Upset at Sproles Trade", but it sure seemed like he was talking much more about this coming year. At least they're smart enough to put a bikini distraction somewhere on the page.

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I wonder how this is going to work out.

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Brees knew someone was going to take a hit when he demanded a large contract. Although, I don't think he is over paid.

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Do people not realize that he's making what top tier QBs make now? I said it when signed that in two years we'll look at the deal as a bargain. And it is! What is now, 6th or maybe 7th highest paid QB? By the time this contract is up he won't even be top 10.

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He's 4th highest paid.

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Its just people that do not visit blackandgold.com

Our members are pretty well informed. :bng:

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Depends on how you sort. I would say Guaranteed and S. Bonus effect us the most.. But hey, if arguably the 3rd/4th best QB in the league is making the 4th highest average in the middle of the contract.. I would say Loomis was spot frikken on in terms of value for this contract.

Ave 4th
Guaranteed 8th
Base 16th
Signing bonus 1st
Total Value 8th

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True.

Re: Drew Brees on Darren Sproles trade: ‘That was one of the tougher ones’
 

To me that just means that if they were all cut today, Brees would be 8th in the pecking order.

So many variables. Guaranteed money can be misleading due to length of contract.

A guy guaranteed 20 million over two years is more expensive than a guy guaranteed 30 million over 4.

But as you said, Brees' average places him 4th in the league for QB's, and thats about market value IMO.

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Brees' contract just makes other teams have to overpay for mediocre talent at QB on their teams. I love it!

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Lol