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Ralph Malbrough / "The Forecast"
We’re halfway home on what has been nothing short of spectacular season, so I figured it would be fun to look back at my training camp preview and see how some of the questions I asked at that time have been answered thus far.
QUESTION 1:
"Will Drew Brees' shoulder be ready to go?
The one headline I do not want to see on ESPN.com or in the red breaking news box on WWLTV.com is, "Brees’ shoulder sore, will miss practice and need tests." The Saints have a new coach and new system. Brees needs to be practicing. Good lord, I'm dizzy just thinking of it. Let’s never speak of this again."
Brees has been off the charts. He’s thrown for 2,206 yards and 14 touchdowns, has embraced his role as a team leader since day one and is the face of the franchise.
Two things about him really stick out now that I watch him play every week. First, he’s much more mobile than I thought he was. He’s not exactly Michael Vick, but Brees has a great sense of where the rush is and can move well enough to avoid it.
Second, have you ever noticed when Brees throws the ball deep down field the receiver seems to almost always be open? He rarely, if ever, puts the ball at risk. He just doesn’t make bad decisions. Even his interceptions against Baltimore were more a case of the Ravens forcing him into mistakes than him just making a bad throw.
The thing that annoys me about announcers and commentators is when they say, “Brees is a great manager of the game.” It’s almost like a backhanded compliment because it infers that all he does is not screw things up and without all the talent around him he’d be Rex Grossman.
I’ve watched the Saints for 25 years and I’ve never seen them have a passing game like this.
As long as Brees is under center I’m completely relaxed, it’s a beautiful thing and I like it...."
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No disrespect to any past Saints quarterbacks, but we simply have never had a guy like this before, and I'm LUVING IT!
Complete article, if you haven't seen it yet.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/stories/wwl111006khforecast.23fdcdd1.html
We’re halfway home on what has been nothing short of spectacular season, so I figured it would be fun to look back at my training camp preview and see how some of the questions I asked at that time have been answered thus far.
QUESTION 1:
"Will Drew Brees' shoulder be ready to go?
The one headline I do not want to see on ESPN.com or in the red breaking news box on WWLTV.com is, "Brees’ shoulder sore, will miss practice and need tests." The Saints have a new coach and new system. Brees needs to be practicing. Good lord, I'm dizzy just thinking of it. Let’s never speak of this again."
Brees has been off the charts. He’s thrown for 2,206 yards and 14 touchdowns, has embraced his role as a team leader since day one and is the face of the franchise.
Two things about him really stick out now that I watch him play every week. First, he’s much more mobile than I thought he was. He’s not exactly Michael Vick, but Brees has a great sense of where the rush is and can move well enough to avoid it.
Second, have you ever noticed when Brees throws the ball deep down field the receiver seems to almost always be open? He rarely, if ever, puts the ball at risk. He just doesn’t make bad decisions. Even his interceptions against Baltimore were more a case of the Ravens forcing him into mistakes than him just making a bad throw.
The thing that annoys me about announcers and commentators is when they say, “Brees is a great manager of the game.” It’s almost like a backhanded compliment because it infers that all he does is not screw things up and without all the talent around him he’d be Rex Grossman.
I’ve watched the Saints for 25 years and I’ve never seen them have a passing game like this.
As long as Brees is under center I’m completely relaxed, it’s a beautiful thing and I like it...."
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No disrespect to any past Saints quarterbacks, but we simply have never had a guy like this before, and I'm LUVING IT!
Complete article, if you haven't seen it yet.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/stories/wwl111006khforecast.23fdcdd1.html