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''I've got a great comfort level with Toon,'' Brees added.

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Yeah he sounds upbeat, positive, but the more I look at it, it feels like that's one of the weirdest things Brees has ever said about somebody as a Saint! In Brees-speak, "comfort level" is like, very basic, very humdrum. It's like something he says about being in a game and not being nervous, settling down, or something like that.... He's not really talking about fire or passion or anything really exceptional or off-the-hook here, none of the Brees warrior jargon or footballspeak or one-of-the-guys or whatever.

A "Comfort level" guy is somebody that you see in the huddle and you're somewhere better than "oh wait, who is this guy, #88, what's his last name?" but you're also definitely NOT saying he's once-in-a-lifetime or somebody that you look FORWARD to seeing him in the huddle, or that Brees really relies on him or looks for him. Comfort level. It's a pretty vanilla blah compliment.