vpheughan

Yep a big risk, we all know injured QB's never heal properly. So thankful Brees never hurt his throwing shoulder or anything!!! Oh well Brees is an SP boy! If he hadn't blown out his throwing shoulder he'd be playing for Nick Saban in Miami! Our QB would be Billy Joe somebody and we would have lost many games BUT the Winning Defense would have felt it!!!

CheramieIII

I was leaning Bryce Petty but GG was a close second. Has a few years to learn from Payton and Drew before taking over. I didn't see the lack of arm strength that the critics were talking about in his films. GREAT PICK

Euphoria

I hate so say it but I had my eye on this guy and I had the sneaky suspicion in the back of my mind we would snag him with one of the 3rd round pics if he was there. He has everything SP likes.

I also think judging the picks now is just a waste of time. You don't know what they are going to do until 4 years from now. I think we will know what we got in him real soon though.

spkb25

Spot on boss. I also think as fans we have to be realistic in our expectations, and realize we are not asking him to start this year. He's got a shoot ton to learn and IMHO there is no greater learning curve for a position in all of football. Although that may make me captain obvious. Seriously though, temper expectations, keep them realistic, and let's give him a chance. We are going to learn fairly quickly if he has what it takes or not.

arsaint

I look forward to him starting the moment he's better than Brees.

spkb25

Oh, and a nice little effect of this, Drew will be even more dialed in this year. There is a competitor in town, and no one out competes Drew Brees.

Beastmode

The grooming thing is a myth. Example, Payton Manning had lots of QB's under him in Indy. They drafted Luck so fail. Many more examples of the grooming thing not materializing. He'll learn some things, but Brees is not prepping him or spending that much time teaching. Like the man said, keep the backup off the field.

Beastmode

Drew is going to help him...some. He's not going to groom him to take his place. He has stated many times, he aims to keep backups off the field.

If you want to keep someone off the field you don't hand them a gift basket of insight. Grooming is BS.

NOLA54

I think what Drew means by keeping the backups off the field is that he stays healthy & makes the plays. He didn't mean he was concerned with loosing his starting job to anyone. As long as Drew is the man he will be the starter. No one is going to be chanting GG name as long as Drew is a top 5 QB. I think Drew will be the one to make the decision to retire prior to being replaced.

FYI...NFL.com is reporting that GG will be no more than a backup. What they didn't say was for how long.

WillSaints81

I wanted Petty but well I guess that isn't happening.

However, I feel sorry for where Petty is going. He does not deserve that at all. He won't succeed on a team who will probably be a suffocating defense.