Did I miss where either Thomas or Jenkins overtly threatened the family of Brees? And both Thomas and Jenkins have received death threats for their stance also. Brees isn’t responsible for idiots threatening Thomas and Jenkins, nor are Thomas/Jenkins responsible for idiots threatening Brees.

It wasnt directed at Danno. If it came across that way my apologies. That was directed at the statement...anyone who watched that game can see that this team as a whole is not performing well.

I'm sure that there are a million things that players disagree with but as a professional, when they hit the field its supposed to be us against the world. I dont see any players deliberately not doing what they are supposed to do to spite Brees or any other player.

All the things that went wrong in that game and he says that they ruined his Mojo? That's just lazy and him doing what he does best. Stirring the pot with a dumb statement.

Boy... This is going out of your way to miss the point.

Those two players gas-lighted a situation that otherwise civilized human beings should have been able to handle like a simple disagreement, talk behind closed doors, and get over it. They made a very public scene of hatred towards Brees which ignited the whole team against him. THEN they had their closed door meeting, where one can only assume, based on the bullying tactics they verbally used on twitter, that Brees was instructed that he would either see things their way or they would not play beside him. This gas-lighting led to death threats from others. No one said Jenkins or Thomas, themselves.

For Brees' part, he should have stood his ground, regardless of what the "discussion" was. But, he gave in to the pressure and put a game before his principles. And aside from the obvious distraction all of this would cause any team, I believe there is something that happens inside a man's mind when he forfeits his integrity in order to appease a few ignorant people. He's going around wearing a criminal's name on his helmet, and he doesn't even know who it is. He's just doing what he's told. That's a man who's lost his gonads. No one is following him, anymore. He's being dragged along. And that is crippling to a team's chemistry.

But, I don't feel sorry for any of them. They had their "priorities" and made their choices. Some people call it "karma". I simply say you reap what you sow.

You’re assuming a lot in this post, by your own admissions. And Drew Brees did what he felt was the right thing to do, regardless of what you or I think. I happen to agree with you, on a lot of things, but guess what? Neither you, nor I are Drew Brees, neither of us know the conversations that happened, nor the manner in which they were held. It’s nothing more than assuming, And there is a common colloquialism associated with that habit. I won’t allow Brees, or for that manner you or anybody else, to tell me what I “should do” or shouldn’t. I give that same respect to everybody I meet, including you and everybody else. I have no right to tell you what you “should do” in any situation you face. I’m just not understanding of folks saying: “I woulda done this, instead of that”. It seems nonsensical bc, it wasn’t that person!

As far as the threats, it’s extremely simple. Absent direct interaction, not perceived or assumed interaction, from Thomas or Jenkins, they are in no way responsible for nut jobs and the threats they make. And I read absolutely no death threat encouragement from anyone at that time.

Bottom line..., his business ain’t my business. He handled it the way he felt was most appropriate. What “I would have done” is unimportant, unequivocally..., bc I ain’t him.

The Saints killed their mojo this offseason when Malcolm Jenkins and Michael Thomas executed a Black Lives Matter-inspired assassination of Drew Brees’ character.

Brees has never been the most talented NFL QB. His intangibles, particularly his leadership, are what made him great. The guy’s reputation was impeccable.

He was the guy New Orleans and the Saints rallied around. Jenkins and Thomas ruined that when they publicly criticized Brees because Brees had the audacity to defend standing for the national anthem.

Brees is no longer the leader of the Saints, who fell to 1-2 Sunday night. He’s a player on the team. It’s a tragedy what Jenkins and Thomas did to Brees, the NFL’s modern-day Walter Payton.

If the Saints miss the playoffs, blame Jenkins, Thomas and the media race hustlers.

https://www.outkick.com/nfl-truths-r...ore-cardi-bee/

If he was a better leader he would have read the room and knew how his teammates would react to what he said. It’s always better to cut ties too early instead of too late. Let’s see what Winston can do. If he’s trash we can tank for Lawrence/Fields/Lance.

I disagree with you, and I think you've missed what the article states. He didn't say they killed just Brees' mojo. He said they killed the team's mojo.

It's also not about players intentionally not doing things to spite Brees. It's about the fractured state of the locker room, that he believes, and I would tend to concur, have probably affected that team. Brees gave in to their demands to get by, but after the nasty things that were said to him, it's hard to believe they could ever be a cohesive unit again.

I believe you said something earlier about other teams being undefeated as an example why the Saints shouldn't be affected. I fail to see how that has anything to do with the Saints. Can you name another team who had any player, much less the starting QB, get verbally assaulted by his teammates? All the other players around the league just fell right in line, because they didn't want the backlash, one would assume. But Brees spoke his mind, got attacked, and gave in. The so-called "leader" of the team has now been neutered. Unless you can point to another example of that happening, I don't think any of your arguments hold water, my friend.

Based on that statement which was directed at two players and pertains to three that were mentioned, this was about Brees. Two players called Brees out. You are assuming that the entire team was torn on this matter when based on what we know, but everyone only mentions Brees as the one who was slighted or damaged by this situation. So if Brees is the only one who everyone says is the victim, why is the team as a whole not playing well?

My point is people need to stop making this an excuse. They supposedly resolved this during the summer. If this fractured this team then they weren’t that strong to start with. I don’t have to be your friend to accomplish a team goal.

For a group of professionals that is not acceptable and for a player of Brees statue, along with other veterans and captains on this team. I think/hope that they/he could overcome this. If it was that much of an issue, as I said Brees should have stood on what he said and if they didn’t like it, retire. Why put yourself through all this. If as you said he let another man “neuter him” then he should have manned up. As I said before, Brees could have simply stood on his belief or walked away.

Brees doesn’t play defense and he isn’t having issues with timing. He is however not able to push the ball down the field and has been inaccurate on some of his throws when he is trying to put some velocity on the ball.

If this team was 3-0 or even 2-1 this wouldn’t even be a conversation. Now the reason we are losing is because of mojo....