Drew Brees got his contract

[ThPantherFan]

Will they suffer from the cap monster?  Was it worth it?  I say yes to both.

[ThPantherFan]

Worth it for us.

[Doyle]

88 million guaranteed over two years?  He turns 38 in January.  Did I read that correctly or was this just an Onion article?

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

People talk like Brees is such a class act and poo he gets so much respect from media and random "fans" but he continually puts his team in a bind financially not allowing them to get other pieces or you know, an oline to actually protect him....

[Mvp2014]

Just now, Your GFs favorite huddler said:

People talk like Brees is such a class act and poo he gets so much respect from media and random "fans" but he continually puts his team in a bind financially not allowing them to get other pieces or you know, an oline to actually protect him....

To Brees's credit, I'm pretty sure he can spend it better than the Saints FO :)

[Mvp2014]

Just now, Doyle said:

88 million guaranteed over two years?  He turns 38 in January.  Did I read that correctly or was this just an Onion article?

I thought it was around $40m guaranteed 

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

3 minutes ago, Mvp2014 said:

I thought it was around $40m guaranteed 

I can't remember the exact amount but it was like between 42-47 fully garunteed the first 2 years....I remember it was like a cap hit of 23mill each year

[Doyle]

2 minutes ago, Mvp2014 said:

I thought it was around $40m guaranteed 

It's still early.  I misread it  I guess. 

[Khaki Lackey]

It's a weird 5 year deal that automatically voids after 2..?
It lowers his cap hit this year significantly. But apparently he can rape them again in two years. Not sure how much dead money they will have in years 3-5 if he retires/leaves.


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[Ricky Spanish]

11 minutes ago, Your GFs favorite huddler said:

People talk like Brees is such a class act and poo he gets so much respect from media and random "fans" but he continually puts his team in a bind financially not allowing them to get other pieces or you know, an oline to actually protect him....

I don't blame him, dude got paid what he's worth. He has to take care of himself first and foremost. Flacco did the same thing. Cam did the same thing. Wilson did the same thing. Rodgers, Rapistburger, etc. etc. Only QB that doesn't really get paid his market value is Brady because he values winning over all else plus his wife makes more money than he ever will. 

Brees is still an elite QB, I don't care what the misinformed huddle masses want to believe. The saints wouldn't win a game if he weren't their QB the past 2 years. He was 130 yards away from a 5th 5000 yard season last year, and he missed that one game against us. His regression is far overblown by this message board and I still absolutely hate playing him twice a year because he is the sole reason the saints are ever in a position to beat us. 

He's one of the best and is being paid like it, even in the twilight of his career. 

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

5 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I don't blame him, dude got paid what he's worth. He has to take care of himself first and foremost. Flacco did the same thing. Cam did the same thing. Wilson did the same thing. Rodgers, Rapistburger, etc. etc. Only QB that doesn't really get paid his market value is Brady because he values winning over all else plus his wife makes more money than he ever will. 

Brees is still an elite QB, I don't care what the misinformed huddle masses want to believe. The saints wouldn't win a game if he weren't their QB the past 2 years. He was 130 yards away from a 5th 5000 yard season last year, and he missed that one game against us. His regression is far overblown by this message board and I still absolutely hate playing him twice a year because he is the sole reason the saints are ever in a position to beat us. 

He's one of the best and is being paid like it, even in the twilight of his career. 

Soo your saying cam hamstringed the Panthers with his contract? Cam could have gotten way way more elsewhere it's a proven fact he is undervalued in terms of real contract dollars. I'm not saying brees isn't elite because he is I'm saying hed rather focus on dollars then wins....to each his own I just don't get all the brees love at the end of the day he's looking out for himself he's not the team first player he is portrayed to be 

[Jangler]

No offence, but do we really need 2 Drew fycking Brees threads in the panther forum?

[Omega Atrocity]

Worth noting: This puts $18 million of dead money on the saints cap in 2018, and if they still want him there then they will have to negotiate a new contract (like we did with cj). There is also a no franchise tag clause.

[Frank Hollywood]

It basically a $24MM one year extension, with next year being spread over 4 years.

It's so odd visiting the Saints forum and seeing multiple posts of "Loomis isa a God!" and "How does Loomis do it?" It blows my mind how this GM continues to kick the can down the road and will now have even more dead money from a QB who probably won't even be there, but hey, Loomis, amirite??

Also, Drew got a big win by putting in a no tag clause and no trade clause, so if Saints want him somehow after next season, they will pay his $6MM dead money each season for 3 seasons (regardless) as well as his (probably) $25MM salary. My guess is he finally moves on. Thinking of him on the Bills, Broncos, or Texans is a scary thought.