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Drew Brees: 'Almost always a sense of urgency'with New Orleans Saints, he tells radio station

By Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

A look around the locker room the next time the New Orleans Saints are together will remind Drew Brees the approach he tries to take to each season -- and that each one begins with a high number of newcomers. Especially in 2015, it seems.

"You just never take anything for granted," the 14-year NFL veteran said Thursday in an interview with WWL radio. "You understand each and every year ... there's a new crop of players that come up that don't have a any knowledge as to the program you built -- how you got to the point that you are.

"I think you, at the beginning of each year, almost always go back to square one, in a way. It's almost like re-teaching, making sure everybody knows what's expected of them, the fact that we're always competing. It's always a sense of urgency to get better. And there's high expectations."

In addition to high-profile newcomers of running back C.J. Spiller, center Max Unger and cornerback Brandon Browner, the Saints hold nine picks in the 2015 NFL Draft, including five in the first three rounds. The draft class as it stands will be the largest since 2002, four years before coach Sean Payton and Brees arrived in 2006.

Drew Brees: 'Almost always a sense of urgency' with New Orleans Saints, he tells radio station | NOLA.com

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