Give Drew credit for admitting the deep throws have been missing.
Nah, a few years....which he admits in that clip. Still, it wasnt a bad plan, and if the defense was as shut down all season, mainly playoffs, as it showed today....it could have paid off for us with a Limited Drew.
It just became monotonous and caused strife.
No, you're wrong.
Would you say the same thing about John Elway? If so, how do you care to explain his Super Bowl wins at the end of his career? The defense and running didn't do it by themselves.
For that matter, would you say the same thing about Joe Montana even though he won a Super Bowl after his long ball was gone?
If you'd say yes to either, you simply don't know what you're talking about. A QB doesn't have to be able to throw 40-50 yard strikes to be an effective winner. In fact, most Super Bowl winning QBs never could throw those.
Drew's long ball was gone after the Rams debacle season (for which the NFL still owes the entire New Orleans Saints team an NFC Championship banner at the very least - and let's be honest, they would have trounced the Patriots in that Super Bowl), but he was
far from done as a quarterback. Had not a certain DB made a bone-headed play against the Vikings, Brees would have had another Super Bowl trophy that year as well.
One might be able to make the argument for last season, but had his rotator cuff not been injured, I believe we would have made the Super Bowl last year as well. We were certainly a
much better team than Tampa when we were healthy. Injuries to Brees, Kwon, and other key players killed our season last year, not Drew's inability to throw it 45 yards.