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Drew Brees..... Team Player

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Just now, outlaw4 said:

If the Saints give Brees a new deal, they're insane. At the end, father time always wins and when it does, it's a fast downward spiral. Better to let them go a year early than a year too late.

They can't risk letting him go right now.  Father time be damned, it's a risk they have to take.  I can't stand him, or their team, but he's a damn good QB, and nobody that's sane can deny it.  Hell, he missed a game last season, and still put up his normal ridiculous numbers.  You gotta give him a deal, it's just gotta be smart.  That being said, we all know it will be a massive fug up.

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2 hours ago, cbarrier90 said:

The thread title reflects poorly on Brees, but I don't see how any of this is Drew's fault. It's a huge indictment on New Orleans management.

Brees probably wants to finish his career in New Orleans and expected to be treated to negotiations fitting for a franchise QB that literally saved the franchise from moving. I would be frustrated if I was Brees and I kept being treated as less and less of a priority.

Saints should have gotten a sensible extension done to lower his cap number or released him. Instead, they tried to keep putting off taking care of their QB in favor of spending elsewhere to make a SB run and now they've run out of time.

Valid, but believe the title is a response to Saint trolls who previously came on here suggesting that "team player" Brees would agree to a contract that would help the Saints ease their salary cap woes.

We don't see many Saint trolls anymore (for obvious reasons).

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1 hour ago, Nick_81 said:

They can't risk letting him go right now.  Father time be damned, it's a risk they have to take.  I can't stand him, or their team, but he's a damn good QB, and nobody that's sane can deny it.  Hell, he missed a game last season, and still put up his normal ridiculous numbers.  You gotta give him a deal, it's just gotta be smart.  That being said, we all know it will be a massive fug up.

If Brees ask for a reasonable deal but I have my doubts about that. With how bad they are cap wise, bad days are coming. Why prolong those days with another deal for a QB than can fall off a cliff like Peyton Manning any second now? From a saving your own job perspective, I can see the short term rationale but it can backfire spectacularly.

Of course, for us, we wouldn't mind if the Saints pays Brees handsomely right before his throws begins its transformation to ducks for our young cahnurs to pick off.

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5 hours ago, cbarrier90 said:

The thread title reflects poorly on Brees, but I don't see how any of this is Drew's fault. It's a huge indictment on New Orleans management.

Brees probably wants to finish his career in New Orleans and expected to be treated to negotiations fitting for a franchise QB that literally saved the franchise from moving. I would be frustrated if I was Brees and I kept being treated as less and less of a priority.

Saints should have gotten a sensible extension done to lower his cap number or released him. Instead, they tried to keep putting off taking care of their QB in favor of spending elsewhere to make a SB run and now they've run out of time.

His cap hit is $30m this year. Not sure how much more taken care of he needs to be. I'd also be shocked if they haven't offered him something in the way of a new contract by now. 

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1 hour ago, CoastalCat said:

His cap hit is $30m this year. Not sure how much more taken care of he needs to be. I'd also be shocked if they haven't offered him something in the way of a new contract by now. 

At this point in his career it would be more about assuring where his career ends so he doesn't have to jettison out to Denver or Arizona at 38 or 39 and be away from his family. You can also spread out the cap hit over the course of the extension. Typically players/agents will opt for future security over risking injury to get to the open market. It appears in this case they haven't afforded Brees that option, and now he's going to make them pay.

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16 hours ago, cbarrier90 said:

At this point in his career it would be more about assuring where his career ends so he doesn't have to jettison out to Denver or Arizona at 38 or 39 and be away from his family. You can also spread out the cap hit over the course of the extension. Typically players/agents will opt for future security over risking injury to get to the open market. It appears in this case they haven't afforded Brees that option, and now he's going to make them pay.

Or make them let him walk

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