Jason Cole article: Brees - 3rd Franchise Tag? CBA Wording
Looking back at That "Locker Room" speech now, it has become an epic FAIL of sincerity.
I heard the same things as everyone else but unlike a good deal of the community here is that I thought in my head it's nothing but PR BS. You wait till contract time to see how a person really thinks about a team. If they try to bleed you out of everything they can then you can figure out that person real quick. If they know their value, takes a tad bit more for a bonus and don't try to squeeze you for everything then you know who that person is as well.
Money and power will always show you who a person really is. Never believe the PR speeches and quotes from these guys it is all a show. Public perception is already turning the longer this pans out. If he sits out the season or has a lengthy(which it already is) holdout then his time here has come to and end.
The Vibe in the N.O. is not that the public is rallying around Drew but around the team as a whole. If the season begins without drew then the true fans will rally around the team regardless. We'll let some other team beak the bank thinking that one player makes the difference and we'll have a quality team that is full of quality people.
Drew the way you and Condon have acted is just is stupid. Loomis has indeed drawn the line in the sand. The further they go with the public PR crap approach that line will become a trench, a moat, the red sea , and at last a crater on the dam moon. Then after that Drew Will be traded on out of here or tagged one more year then released.