blackangold

One thing is becoming more obvious to me as time goes on... if Brees wants to come back the Saint basically don’t have an option but to let him back on a new poisonous contract. Due to the dead money Brees is going to be in control here.

Hope he wants to move on but I doubt he will.

neugey

The 21 mil dead money is a concern. It seems like the best-case scenario for the team would be him returning on a one-year deal even if it's high-dollar and also publicly or privately saying this is his last year and he'll retire at end of season. That would leave us free of any dead cap from him for 2021-22 going into a season with a new CBA and gives us one more year to prep his replacement (likely Taysom). But this is the 21st century and Brees has a pretty powerful agent so I doubt it will go this cleanly.

vtiger72

The fact is Brees could sign a one year 25 million dollar deal and that's a discount based on going rate for top QB's. There's a 21 million cap hit either way. They can lesson that, but it just kicks the can a little further down the road.

CHA_CHING

I want Brees to retire. I would've been fine with him retiring last year after how bad he finished the 2018 season but after seeing Bridgewater and this last playoff exit where Brees looked awful, I definitely want him to retire now.

If he wasn't Drew Brees, everyone would be calling him selfish for trying to play in his 40s past his prime.

I feel the same way about Brady and Roethlisberger.

These guys need to hang it up and let a young guy come in and have his chance. They're selfish to keep playing all to pad stats and get records and hopefully another ring. Brees has a ring. He's never going to face the scrutiny or "choker" label historically that guys like Dan Marino and Jim Kelly got stuck with.

We were 5-0 with Bridgewater and the team played differently and overall more like a team. Brees comes back and the running game disappears so we can pad the passing stats and we overall took a step back. That Falcons loss showed what can easily happen when Brees is having one of those bad days.

Bridgewater is our future or at least a bridge until we can get a prospect like Trevor Lawrence.

claus808

So who would you have put in? Would Payton of had a game plan for that? Daniel Jones for Eli is a no brainer also. This forum has turned to turds.

claus808

How's about a new secondary coach?

RefsRobbedUs

Brees like Payton will be here until they don't want to be here anymore. The powers that be don't have the balls to move on from either even if we have another let down of a season next year.

It's odd because the Saints could have easily had a bye but it feels like we underachieved so much that I wouldn't care if either moved on.

We need new secondary talent. Tired of Marcus Williams.

claus808

Touche on Marcus W.

Rugby Saint II

I want drew Brees back if.....I'm breathing!

vpheughan

Bridgewater is our future or at least a bridge until we can get a prospect like Trevor Lawrence.

If you want to TANK FOR TREVOR sign some QB off the street and save $$$$$$$$$$