"5 NFL vets destined to fall off the cliff this season" Brad Gagnon names Drew the #1 (1 Viewer)

[soupcan dan]

motivation=championship

 

[los226]

Brees is a righteous man, a good man, a soft spoken thinking mans man.

Brady is a bad boy, a previous party boy a woman’s man.

Those who ascribe to a more worldly view tend to sell the righteous man short and aspire to be like Brady... The “man’s man”... stronger, bigger will last longer they think.

They overlook how well Brees takes care of himself. He has been underestimated since High School and at every level; yet he is STILL underestimated. Will people ever learn? He can likely go another 3 years or so and be really really good!

People don’t learn because they don’t want to be wrong. There’s no way this small balding soft spoken man should be one of the best most competitive players in NFL history. It doesn’t compute with their logic. The term for it is cognitive dissonance.

 

[texasjefe]

slow news day at the bleacher report

 

[ndcc]

Where will they be when LombardiGras rolls around in Feb 2020?

 

[Kyle brister]

Is there any way to put all of these clowns in one thread so we can make sport of them at the end of the season? This sounds like all of the experts in oil saying that Tesla would spell the end of hydrocarbon burning fuel. Still waiting for that to happen.

 

[dvdman]

Time to move along, nothing to see here.

 

[COACHTDL]

Just to a thought; there is a talking head out there, Rob Parker (BIG TIME BRADY HATER), who for about the last 8 years now, has continued to say Tom Brady was overrated and New England would not win another Superbowl with him at quarterback!! Some people are just idiots. Drew will go out like John, following another Superbowl win.

 

[Paul]

Man I’ve been saying this for 30 years!!!

 

[CRESS_137]

MVP-type numbers for 2019 confirmed.

 

[blotch1]

Article notes the poor performance during the last 4 games of the regular season, but doesn't mention that Armstead, Bushrod and Warford were all basically being held together by duct tape at the time.

 

[Saint Spud]

Article notes the poor performance during the last 4 games of the regular season, but doesn't mention that Armstead, Bushrod and Warford were all basically being held together by duct tape at the time.

Right. And Peat and Unger and even Ram.

 

[kwkrnu]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see it happen. Drew is human and it seems inevitable. That said, I really think it's lazy to point to the end of last year as proof of this. The decline last year had everything to do with an oline that simply fell apart down the stretch.

That's the difference between an analyst, and a columnist...

 

[FGE413]

Right, it's not an either/or, all-or-nothing proposition. Just b/c he's not 2009 Brees does not mean he will turn into Heath Shuler this year, either. The 2015 Broncos won a Super Bowl even though Peyton Manning was so bad he got benched for a stretch for Brock Osweiler during the season. I do think our defense is going to have to raise their game a little this season for us to win the Super Bowl.

And yeah, if Brees keeps playing long enough, one of these years, this prediction will be accurate. Hopefully not this year.

But I keep coming back to the fact that when Drew regresses he's going to go from the greatest passer in history to simply a good QB. Let's say that Drew is 60% of the player he was last season, that's still a pretty darn good QB. That's still a QB we can win a Super Bowl with.

It would be one thing if Drew had a long injury history and was propped up by leg braces like Marino was late in his career, but he's stayed clean, knock on wood. And he's not like Manning who was playing with a neck that could no longer support his head. For his age Drew Brees is probably in the best shape of any QB in the league. He'll be able to roll out of bed and throw back shoulder passes when he's 60.

 

[saint_drago]

Right, it's not an either/or, all-or-nothing proposition. Just b/c he's not 2009 Brees does not mean he will turn into Heath Shuler this year, either. The 2015 Broncos won a Super Bowl even though Peyton Manning was so bad he got benched for a stretch for Brock Osweiler during the season. I do think our defense is going to have to raise their game a little this season for us to win the Super Bowl.

And yeah, if Brees keeps playing long enough, one of these years, this prediction will be accurate. Hopefully not this year.

I know. It's like these talking heads think Drew is either going to be great or unplayable. For Drew it's a gradual decline, not a cliff.

How many great QBs have showed up one season and couldn't play a lick all of the sudden? Manning is the only guy who comes to mind right off the bat.

 

[bonnjer]

Not that Drew needs it, but that's some bulletin board material right there. Throw that up there with the picture of the PI in the Rams game and that's some motivation fuel.