SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

Can't we treat it like a preseason game?

Give him a couple of series...

Or not. I'm not him. I don't know how is thumb is...

Do what's best for the team, not Drew. (Not badmouthing Drew. Please. I love the guy...)

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

I don't think we should start Brees at all.

We're 5-0 with Teddy Bridgewater, stick with him; let Brees along with the other missing guys get healthy and come back after the bye.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

He's playing.
It is what it is.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

Look at it this way ... Brees has played his entire career without getting hit in the precise manner which could cause this injury. He has an internal brace screwed into his bones to prevent the same from happening again. He will be wearing an external sling to further protect the thumb. If the odds that a reinjury could occur are less than the odds of our losing without him to the Cardinals then he should absolutely play.

I really don't think the extremely remote chance of reinjury plays a part in the decision as far as the team is concerned. I think they would be far more concerned with his effectiveness due to his lack of playing time. Teddy has done a commendable job, but he has repeatedly missed easy throws in every game. Fortunately none of them have come back to bite us. If Brees can show he is more effective in practice this week then he will play. I really think it is as simple as that.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

I suspect that there is a certain percentage of people wanting to afford Teddy one more week to dig himself out of the "game manager" label. Six games wasn't enough.....

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Who knows. It could be a ruse. Arizona can't be happy about preparing for two different playing styles. It's still not confirmed he will play and he has not had full practices to my knowledge. Without a full practice I don't see it.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

From what I have heard Drew gets in a full practice before anyone else even parks at the facility lol.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

I tape every game to watch it again and again. Without Drew the team just doesn't have the same appeal to make me watch it several times. Once or twice is enough. It's time to start him....so I can watch the same game repeatedly without losing my intensity.

Re: SPEAK for YOURSELF | Would it be a mistake for Saints to play Brees this week?
 

He's Drew Brees. If he's good to go, you start him.