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I've even thought that if we get into mini-camp and someone desperately needs a QB, we could trade Teddy for a 2nd or 3rd.
I don't think that'll happen unless a QB falls to us in the draft that we can't pass up.
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I've even thought that if we get into mini-camp and someone desperately needs a QB, we could trade Teddy for a 2nd or 3rd.
That along with Brees restructure where he will count 16 mil in cap space that can't be moved makes it more likely than not that this is his final year. The kind of deal you would have to make to keep him around beyond this season would probably involve a 5 year deal that voids after 1 year to spread the cap hit while trying to retain our young free agents and keep Teddy around.
That is all true, but it was actually Peyton's legs that started to cause him issues in 2014. He started to lose the ability to drive the ball, and a lot of it was just due to his body not being able to bounce back week to week (which is what I hope we weren't witnessing with Brees last year). 2015 it was like the wheels were falling off -- foot, shoulder, ribs, etc. They had to shut him down midway through the season, but he was able to come back just in time for the playoffs and had just enough in him to get through the Super Bowl.I just remembered. Manning had serious nerve neck injury. He actually had stem cell treatment in Europe. It worked for one year, but I strongly suspect it flaired up his last year. That type of injury will cause severe weakness in shoulder and arms. To our best knowledge, Brees has no such injury to impact his throwing. That's a big plus for Brees.
What do you mean 'for whatever reason'?It seemed to me like after the start Brees had in the 1st half of the season, the press was finally ready to give him the MVP award as long as he played somewhat close to the 1st half stats. You know he had to be motivated by that, but for whatever reason, his performance dropped significantly. Particularly outdoors, he threw a lot of weak passes and when he tried to go downfield, they usually floated and came up short. That scares me and makes me believe either age or injury.
Reasons for doubt...I think that this is Drew's last year. Imo, here's why:Drew leaving fits all 3 of these scenarios.
- Loomis felt comfortable pushing another$10M cap hit to 2020. With the $10M Brees' cap hit that gives us a total hit at QB of $20M. I don't see how we can afford a typical Brees contract on top of that. Loomis sees that and already has plans.
- Teddy signed a one year top backup contract. Why so much and why only one year? Because the Saints wanted to encourage him to stay knowing that next year they will offer him starter money.
- The way Loomis will handle that $20M hit is that next year's starter salary for Teddy will be structured such that he gets a small salary, big bonus. That gets them past next year by stretching out the bonus meaning small hit in 2020 & Teddy gets a big chunk up front.
Teddy's contract this year also fits.
So Drew's last year? Yeah, I think so. It all just fits too neatly not to be the case. I wish he could play forever, but reality sets in at some point.
ISWYDT with the asterisk....I remember Peyton breaking the single season passing yardage* and touchdown records in 2013...
I remember seeing a play in the dome, possibly the week before the Cowboys game, where drew got slammed on his shoulder extremely hard. At the time, I feared his season may be over, but he never missed a down. Wondering if it didn’t play a role in the thinkgs you mentioned.Let's not get into do I love Drew Brees convo. I worship Brees since High School. But his performance dropped like a rock for most of the games in the second half of the season. He seemed to lose zip on the ball especially outdoors. Was this age or an injury? I have no idea
Did he turn down better money? I read they offered him a 2 year/$10 million deal, i.e. $5 million a year.
$7.25 million > $5 million
Let's not get into do I love Drew Brees convo. I worship Brees since High School. But his performance dropped like a rock for most of the games in the second half of the season. He seemed to lose zip on the ball especially outdoors. Was this age or an injury? I have no idea
I think next year is Drew's last year. I also think there might be a chance that Payton moves on. I would say that a lot of fans next year may start finding something else to do with their Sundays than support the sham that is the NFL.