Proximo
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Before you pull your flame throwers out over your man love for Brees, take a moment to think about it.
Who were the QBs to get injured this year? This is just from off the top of my head and quickly looking at the fantasy football roster on Yahoo.
Here's my point: Drew is not invincible, and if he goes down our season is LOST.
Don't get me wrong as I love Brees and I'm still in shock we got him, but he isn't getting any younger. We still don't have a young guy any of you can say, "I trust he'll be a starter one day."
Brees is 32 tomorrow according to wikipedia, and he is at the pinnacle of his career physically and mentally at this point. His health will go down hill from here on out, however.
Should the unthinkable happen, would you not want a competent backup that has competed and been coached up by our QB department?
Some of you will say we should take a pass rusher or DT, but that player will not have the impact of a coached up Locker in the worst case scenario.
On the other hand, if Brees doesn't get injured within the next four years who's to say we don't trade a Sean Payton/Drew Brees tutored Locker for two first round picks? Then we go out and grab another one in the draft! It's a win-win to me.
Here's your food for thought:
Brees - played through an MCL injury
Kevin Kolb - concussion; caused him to lose his job; highly touted in preseason
Romo - IR clavical injury ruined their season
Vick - rib injury; missed 4 games and most of another
Favre - played through injuries the entire year
Rodgers - concussion; missed 1 game part of another?
Mathew Stafford - IR shoulder injury; missed 13 games
Mark Sanchez - shoulder injury
Vince Young - IR
Matt Moore - IR; started the year #1 on the depth chart
Jake Delhomme - foot problems
Tarvaris Jackson - IR
Bruce Gradkowski - IR
Max Hall - IR
Chad Pennington - IR (doesn't really count)
I'm posting this because on Mike and Mike this morning, Locker was the fourth ranked QB on Kiper's board and ranked 24 also known as the Saint's pick. Not to say Kiper can see the future, but I found it interesting just because of the rank of 24.
Who were the QBs to get injured this year? This is just from off the top of my head and quickly looking at the fantasy football roster on Yahoo.
Here's my point: Drew is not invincible, and if he goes down our season is LOST.
Don't get me wrong as I love Brees and I'm still in shock we got him, but he isn't getting any younger. We still don't have a young guy any of you can say, "I trust he'll be a starter one day."
Brees is 32 tomorrow according to wikipedia, and he is at the pinnacle of his career physically and mentally at this point. His health will go down hill from here on out, however.
Should the unthinkable happen, would you not want a competent backup that has competed and been coached up by our QB department?
Some of you will say we should take a pass rusher or DT, but that player will not have the impact of a coached up Locker in the worst case scenario.
On the other hand, if Brees doesn't get injured within the next four years who's to say we don't trade a Sean Payton/Drew Brees tutored Locker for two first round picks? Then we go out and grab another one in the draft! It's a win-win to me.
Here's your food for thought:
Brees - played through an MCL injury
Kevin Kolb - concussion; caused him to lose his job; highly touted in preseason
Romo - IR clavical injury ruined their season
Vick - rib injury; missed 4 games and most of another
Favre - played through injuries the entire year
Rodgers - concussion; missed 1 game part of another?
Mathew Stafford - IR shoulder injury; missed 13 games
Mark Sanchez - shoulder injury
Vince Young - IR
Matt Moore - IR; started the year #1 on the depth chart
Jake Delhomme - foot problems
Tarvaris Jackson - IR
Bruce Gradkowski - IR
Max Hall - IR
Chad Pennington - IR (doesn't really count)
I'm posting this because on Mike and Mike this morning, Locker was the fourth ranked QB on Kiper's board and ranked 24 also known as the Saint's pick. Not to say Kiper can see the future, but I found it interesting just because of the rank of 24.