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Perhaps even too much so....as his retirement may leave a forlorn pit in the stomachs of those whom have relished in his success. As odd as it may be, I find myself in a mild melancholy shade of blue even though the days ahead are less likely to be as drought of wins as some of the days of my past that I was once welcome to endure.
I think this is how a fan base is really created. Look at Dallas, Buffalo, or even the Browns. They have been through decades of irrelevance after being relevant for a period of time (a looong time ago for the Browns) but still have strong fan bases.It really is astonishing how an entire generation has only known life with Drew. People who started kindergarten in 2006-2007 graduated high school with Drew Brees being the Saints QB the entire time. All the people born in the mid to late 00s, they only know the Saints as being a relevant team. A perennial contender.
I'm curious to see how these fans will react when maybe the Saints aren't so great. It will be hard on those who didn't live through Ditka. Or late Mora when he started phoning it in. Or Haslett's last year.
Cool. Same year as i got married also. Hard to believe we went through 3 presidents with Brees also. First Saints game wife and i watched was Aaron Brooks beating Carolina in 2005.I've been married - 14 years married, 2 kids one just became a teenager - and Brees was QB during all of that
saw a twitter post saying Drew was the QB since the poster was 15 (and is now 30) - for whatever reason that put it in perspective. imagining how much someone's life changes from teens to 30s. and Drew was there the whole time
I remember before Brees only reason to root for Saints was cause of state pride.I'm from New Orleans but live in West Virginia now. Before Brees when someone asked me about football or when I said I was a saints fan I always got laughed at or "why?" as the response. Now I get "oh I like the saints too" as a response. I know its hard to see what he's done for the perspective of the saints on a national level when you're not in Louisiana or the surrounding areas, but we are no longer a team to be laughed at. As its been said, his legacy in my mind is so much more than what he has in the record books and the SB.
When I moved here as a kid in 87 there was nothing saints related. In fact I could probably count the number of times I saw people sporting saints stuff from 87-06 on one hand. Now I see stuff weekly.I remember before Brees only reason to root for Saints was cause of state pride.
Lmao man you made me spit my drink allover the floor . Now I gotta clean it up DammitI was in my 30's....prime fighting shape back then. Now I get hurt making a sammich or digging a beer out of the cooler.
I would probably pull some random muscle doing that too haha. I've been known to pull a muscle getting up from the recliner.Lmao man you made me spit my drink allover the floor . Now I gotta clean it up Dammit
I remember before Brees only reason to root for Saints was cause of state pride.