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Kyle brister
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They should have made it the number 9 story of this season. That would have made the story even funnier. I hate to have to point this out, but there is a direct correlation to the drop off in Drew's game the last part of the season with the injuries his O. line suffered at the latter part of the season. I don't think Max Unger retired at the end of the season because Drew's game fell apart at the end. Then of course there was the replacement of Theron Armstead with Jermon Bushrod. How big a drop off in talent was that? Then Jermon couldn't hold up & you had Peat taking his place when Peat has never been a solid left tackle to begin with. By the time the season ended you had 7th round rookie pick Will Clapp manning a position on the line for goodness sake. Now I don't have a thing in the world against Clapp. But he might not even make the active roster this season. Then of course there's Larry Wofford, our best guard who played a lot of the season with nagging injuries which finally put him out which is why Clapp was in. Then to use a perfectly thrown ball to Lewis as an excuse when Brees had to let the play develop & put air under the ball to get to Lewis as an example of Brees' drop off is pathetic. Can Brees still zing the ball 70 yards down the field like he could when he was 30? Of course not. Hold the phone! You mean Brees never could zing the ball 70 yards down the field?
Then let's think back. What happened to our receiver group last season? Where did Cameron Merrideth our supposed BIG TIME free agent that everyone was fawning over go? What about Tedd Ginn Jr. Where was he most of the season? Then there was Dez Bryant, Brandon Marshall, Brandon Tate, Josh Hill, Ben Watson. What happened to those guys? We ended the season with rookies Dan Arnold, Trequan Smith, And Keith Kirkwood & free agent Austin Carr being some of our biggest contributors on the team. My goodness man, most quarterbacks would have been getting fitted for a straight jacket, not in the running for MVP.
Sure father Time is closing in on Brees. For that matter its closing in on Aaron rogers & even Patrick Mahomes. Time eventually closes in on everyone. But the stone cold truth is Father time wore out our Offensive line, receiver group, & tight ends a LOT more than Brees And those were the BIG reasons for Drew's lack of production at the end of the season.
Then let's think back. What happened to our receiver group last season? Where did Cameron Merrideth our supposed BIG TIME free agent that everyone was fawning over go? What about Tedd Ginn Jr. Where was he most of the season? Then there was Dez Bryant, Brandon Marshall, Brandon Tate, Josh Hill, Ben Watson. What happened to those guys? We ended the season with rookies Dan Arnold, Trequan Smith, And Keith Kirkwood & free agent Austin Carr being some of our biggest contributors on the team. My goodness man, most quarterbacks would have been getting fitted for a straight jacket, not in the running for MVP.
Sure father Time is closing in on Brees. For that matter its closing in on Aaron rogers & even Patrick Mahomes. Time eventually closes in on everyone. But the stone cold truth is Father time wore out our Offensive line, receiver group, & tight ends a LOT more than Brees And those were the BIG reasons for Drew's lack of production at the end of the season.
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