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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by spkb25 no because aging is not the same now as 40 years ago. the science and nutrition is better. The rules make for less wear and tear, especially for qb's. Yeah, okay, and we haven't seen sacks ...
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Re: Pay Brees!
Originally Posted by spkb25
Yeah, okay, and we haven't seen sacks like this in forty years; did that hurt? Don't worry, Drew, have a Snickers...![]()
![]() And I'll remind y'all, Brees, who never misses games, missed a game last season...What's the over/under this season? Look, he's paid, the cap hit is done and there's absolutely no need to do an extension until after a detailed evaluation of the upcoming season can be done... |
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Re: Pay Brees!
Originally Posted by jeanpierre
So no offense but you honestly choose one play as an indication that things are the same. Really, do you want me to bring out Joe Theismans chicken wing? come on bro
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Re: Pay Brees!
Originally Posted by jeanpierre
one game when most would have missed several, good point. Thanks for the help!!
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Re: Pay Brees!
Originally Posted by jeanpierre
Unfortunately that logic doesn't fly for a couple of reasons:![]()
1. Contracts for high profile players are not a strict "what have you done for me lately..." situation. Most often it is tapping the built up potential of past performance. Brees has already outplayed his contract... twice. He does not deserve frankly the disrespect of needing to be evaluated at this point in his career. 2. After the season it's no longer an extension. After the season, Drew Brees is a free agent who's services are available on the open market. And the Saints cannot afford to franchise him at $43 million for a single season with the entire cap hit in that year. Now the Saints can certainly decide that they cannot afford the market value of a soon to be HOF QB and go in a different direction. And that's perfectly reasonable. Green Bay did this with Farve not too terribly long ago. But don't get it twisted and think that the Saints have any leverage in this situation. They don't. So it's simple. Since Brees and his team have given a deadline of the beginning of the season to get this done, the deadline is fast approaching. The Saints need to make the decision they are going to keep Brees and for all intents and purposes break the bank, or decide not to do it and be satisfied with letting the best QB the organization has ever had (and I posit may ever have) go. Options like "let's evaluate and decide" or "let's offer less than market value" are simply not options. If this isn't done by September 11th, we all need to start thinking about other options at the QB position. I can see that some of you do not find that to be very fair. But it's reality. What I really want to know is exactly what options for a starting QB for 2017 for the Saints are if Brees ends up elsewhere? Because that's the reality if this doesn't get done by the first week of September. And what I've seen so far, the Saints do not have a future HOF QB sitting on the bench like Green Bay did when they let Farve go. Or a #1 pick of a once in a generation QB like Indy when they let Manning go. SFIAH |
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