Drew Brees will “give it a month or so” before making his decision
 

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This honestly bothers me in two ways. He seriously sounds like he is considering retirement and he is delaying the coaching staff from plans to go in another direction. Just quit playing games and come back. Don’t let Brady take your records in one more trash season for him. You have the team around you to win it all so go out on top.

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No different that the last two years ... and probably the next two or three.

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He is saying the exact same thing he said the past two years.

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Drew Brees intrigued by challenge of TV broadcasting after football

https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2020...mpression=true

This is the first time though that I can remember him talking about being interested in doing something else.

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Soap opera." As the Saints turn".

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Wishful thinking with the probably next 2 or 3 thing, not going to happen.

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Just saying that four or five years ago people were saying that he will play one more year at the most. Only Brees knows how long he wants to continue. I can be wishful, but no one can say it's "not going to happen" with any degree of certainty.

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Same story. Different season. Same result. Drew comes back and leads the league again.

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In my opinion I think that Brees is to much of a competitor to hang them up.
Probably would like to get to the Big Dance one more time.

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The individual records also mean something to him. I can't see him retiring until AFTER Brady retires. But, most importantly, he has said many times that he has no plans on retiring as long as he still enjoys the game. From every indication he definitely still does.

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He should take a month or so. Free agency doesn't start until mid March. Part of the reason for that is so players and teams don't make rash decisions.

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Even if he played next season for league minimum which is $1Million dollars for Drew, he would be an absolute fool to telegraph his intentions before that negotiation which just so happens to be coming up in 6 weeks.

He is delaying nothing in regards to the team and planning. The Saints are valued at roughly $2.3BN and if Loomis doesn't have succession plans in place for Sean Payton, Drew Brees, Michael Thomas, any one that is key to the franchises value he isn't worthy of the position that he holds. This is especially for Drew Brees who is year to year and was injured this year... There are plans in concrete already. Drews status will be known well before the legal tampering period that starts 16th of March, Free Agency, or the Draft...:bng:

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Sean Payton gas tank stunt...???

https://i.imgur.com/QhmaQPq.gif?noredirect

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There's no way someone as competitive and healthy as he is quits.

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Pretty much everybody on NFL Radio agrees. The only person I have heard that feels certain that Brees will retire was Booger "Dumbass" McFarland during the Pro Bowl game that said he will bet money that Brees retires and the Saints will have a competition between Bridgewater and Hill as to who starts.

What a dumbass.

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We're talking Loomis here. He's not a hands on GM as it is. He's just an accountant.

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What is your point?

:confused:

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The first day of the 2020 league year will end at 11:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 18.

The Saints staff can do nothing till this date.

Taking a Month or so has no impact on "delaying the coaching staff from plans to go in another direction"

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If we want to win we need better interior oline

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We have a good 28 million we can easily reduce. Rankins is gone. No dead money and saves us near 8 mil. Janoris is over 11 mil with no dead money, probably sign him and save substantial on that number. Larry w saves us over 8 mil with a cut, probably resign and save. Prob is gone...again, cant imagine he stays. We should have a lot of cap space

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Didn't the Saints pick up the 5th year option on Shimmy?

Looking at the interior defense when he was out, you could tell his ability was missed. With the injury track record, he'll be very affordable. Top talent but unfortunate injuries. Moderate offer with incentives.

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Brees is our starting QB next season. Hill will be QB#2/3. We may go after Mariota as a back up. Bridgewater will get a Kirk C. deal by one of the teams at the top of the draft this year.

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Did he say which Boy and Girls club he is using to broad cast his decision?

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Read my words carefully. No where in that post did I say that Loomis wrote any succession plans. What I said was that he has them in place. Sean has a strategy for any player falling, Loomis has a strategy if something happened to Sean, and Gayle has a short list if Loomis and Sean go fishing and get et by da gators.

I am quite sure a $2BN franchise has accountants, Loomis is not one of them. His under graduate is in accounting but his Masters is in Sports Administration.

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LOL of course Drew is going to wait until after the season ticket deadline, so we have to send in our renewal money to the Bensons, not knowing if he'll be there or not. LOL.

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Brees better make up his mind and stop holding this team hostage, we have 2 quarterbacks that can win

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And what two QB's would that be? The one that was carried by the defense or the one that passed six times for three completions and a total of 55 yards?
Brees isn't holding anyone hostage. Take a frickin' xanax and chill out.

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Real fans would renew regardless of who was playing QB. That shouldn't even be a factor. We've been on the waiting list for years and would renew the rest of our lives given the chance.

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He's going to be 41 years old this coming season.

Brees has already declined steeply. It's ignored cause we as fans are biased towards our legendary HoF QB, but age catches up with everyone.

He has a ring, all the records he wanted and we have a young hot shot in Bridgewater waiting in the wings to start.

I hope he does retire and we move on with Bridgewater starting. As much as I love Brees, I do not love watching legends past their prime still trying to push themselves. It was sad watching Manning and Favre in their last years. It's been sad watching Brady the last 2 years.

Brees' decline has been very real, but is often ignored cause he still posts high completion percentage stats, but that is mainly cause the Saints rarely ever pass over 10 yards anymore. He's been a checkdown king for a while now.

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I'm not convinced we would be winning with Taysom Hill starting under center. But we were 5-0 with Bridgewater and we had a balanced offense during that time span.

That balance went entirely out the window when Brees came back and we had to start chasing records for him to pass Manning on the all time TD record.

These last 3 playoff exits have been brutal. We averaged 30+ points in the regular season the last two years, yet couldn't score more than 23 points in the playoffs, and all these games with the exception of the 2017 Vikings game were at home where we are supposedly invincible.


Between 2009 to 2011 (Brees' prime) we averaged 36 points in the playoffs and that is including losses to Seattle and SF.

The way I see it; Brees has all the records he wanted and he won a SB. He will never have to face the scrutiny or absurd BS that guys like Dan Marino and Jim Kelly have to face with being labeled "playoff chokers" because at the end of the day, he has a ring. That one ring is why few people in the media criticize Aaron Rodgers when he stinks it up in the playoffs. Ring gives you the benefit of the doubt no matter what.

Brees will always be a god to us. If he retires now, he ends on a higher note than he would going another year and us losing in the first round of the playoffs again.

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Quantify. By all measurables he had a season similar to our Super Bowl season, in some cases his last two seasons were the best that he has had. .

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Now that's freaking funny...

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He’s coming back. He’s just messin with people.
Bet they are working on the contract now, all they need is a xerox machine.

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People keep bringing up the fact that we went 5-0 with Bridgewater at QB like it was his play that was responsible and how Brees has regressed and needs to hang it up.

Our defense was at its healthiest during the five game stretch when Brees was sidelined and played at their highest level. That's what was responsible for that stretch of wins, not Bridgewater's arm or decision making.

I keep reading on here about Brees' lack of arm strength and how Teddy should be our future. Brees averaged more yards per attempt (7.9 to 7.1), more yards per completion (10.6 to 10.4), double the touchdowns per attempt (7.1 to 4.6), better completion percentage (74.3 to 67.9), far higher QB rate (116.3 to 99.1), much higher QBR (74.2 to 45.0), and much lower sack percent (3.1% to 5.8%) than Bridgewater. And these are just a few of the stats where Brees clearly outperformed Teddy.

Bridgewater is at best an average NFL QB and is not the answer for our future. For that matter, I don't see Taysom Hill as an answer either.

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Very evident when he went 29-40 for 349 yards and 5 TDs against the 49ers' #1 passing D in the NFL.

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"ONE SOURCE..........."

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@ChaChing, I mostly agree with you and like how you said it.

I am late respond to the elephant in the room, Brees.
WAIT EVERYONE AND READ WHATVI AM SAYING BEFORE YOU READ WHAT I DID NOT SAY. I AM NOT SAYING RESIGN BREES OR TRADE HIM.

THE Saints live and die , make some just decent seasons left, or decline with Brees.
It is a concern in keeping him for his value, his worth and just not have enough money to secure other talent in so many other needed areas.

AGAIN! FOR THOSE WHO WILL STILL READ WHAT I DID NOT SAY, I am not saying saying get rid of Brees.

Keep him.
I think he should and would want to retire from the Saints. He had a great chance , luck, all things lined up in his universe to get here, here, a blank slate, under a coach, Sean P and his staff, another person coming in a blank slate, and it was all just the right mix.Everyone. Reggie Bush, Colston , etc. , to now. They none followed anyone here.
That is what I mean by a blank slate.
Now, back to Brees, I would hope he will bow out before he stays in too long and loses , goes out too late like some of the names you mentioned, just for example.

We fans too none know, Brees and Mrs. plans. He is young at 41 with a young family.
SB was 10 years and his baby was about a year old , a little over a year. He now has four kids under 11. We none know what Brees and camp are fielding out for him now career wise while he is still young, still a big name. Commentary on air personality? NFL coaching position getting another SB another day another way with another team. It is possible.

I am not ready for these Saints years to be over. No one is , but rebuilding, rebranding happens.

I disagree with you about Bridgewater. He is up for grabs. He should tell Saints he wants out. He only just brought it home with five straight Ws following a record breaking qb.
Bridgewater should go someplace where he can have a career . He is wasting this time now , his time, talent, and name here.

Keep THill because he is useful elsewhere and draft or trade around for a real back up qb. Financially, Saints can not afford a first string tyoe qb.

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Let the man take his time, he's earned it. March 18th is a ways off, and I'm not aware of any other financial deadline. No matter what happens at QB, September is still a long way off, plenty of time.