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If Brees does this it should shut up a lot of the 'Brees' is the reason the Saints' posts.

First of all, I want to make it clear that Brees should not take a pay cut, and the Saints almost certainly won’t ask him to.

I absolutely believe Brees is worth those lofty dollar amounts, despite the fact that he turns 36 next month and is coming off a down year with too many costly turnovers.

Brees still gives the Saints their best chance to win going forward and should be able to do so for at least two or three more years. And even if those salaries look a little out of whack, keep in mind that Brees’ deal was intentionally back-loaded for salary-cap purposes to provide the Saints some much-needed cap space in previous years. Brees was such a bargain for so long, these next two years could even be considered well-deserved back pay.

However, I will be very interested to see if Brees considers following Brady’s lead and taking less than market value in future years as part of an extension.

A win-win contract extension would make sense for Saints, Drew Brees - New Orleans Saints Blog - ESPN

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