I flipped throught the ESPN story about De Smith's time as head of the NFLPA
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...gacies-nfl-players-union-boss-demaurice-smith
which was reasaonbly interesting until I got to the part about Drew Brees -- I know he had been outspoken against Goodell, but there was some in-depth detail of which I was not aware:
Not sure what all of this means, it's just....a little odd, I guess. The Brees passages are about six paragraphs long, starting about 1/3 of the way down, just after his picture. I'd urge anyone who's interested to take a look for themselves.
I have no idea what to make of all of it, honestly. My own impression remains that he has been willing to be a consistent advocate for his fellow players in an outspoken way (which carries endorsement and popularity risk) while a large number of other top-shelf stars were not. I guess there's so much we just don't see.