Jason Cole article: Brees - 3rd Franchise Tag? CBA Wording

I want the Drew of the speech...for the highest paid salary in the NFL. Honestly "that" Drew would take 19 million a year, and a very cap friendly contract with most of the guaranteed money spread out in signing bonus for 5-7 years (of course knowing he will never see the last couple of years).

I agree with the other posters that feel Drew is not bigger than the team...nor is he the team alone. Drew is valuable with him we could probably parlay some picks and get Barkley. Or we could trade him (Throw in DLP) to the Browns for a 1, Joe Thomas and Alex Mack.

Joe Thomas-Ben Gurbbs-Alex Mack-Jahari Evans-J. Bushrod .. would be a pretty good OL for a long time.


BTW it is an all but crazy stretch to try to stretch the wording to include the franchise tag that San Diego placed on Brees with the present Saints player personnel decisions.