Brees retired
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just posted a video <a href="https://t.co/DWleiiyJHU">https://t.co/DWleiiyJHU</a></p>&mdash; Drew Brees (@drewbrees) <a href="https://twitter.com/drewbrees/status/1371206005275701249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15 years as a Saint, it is time I retire from the game of football. Each day, I poured my heart & soul into being your Quarterback. Til the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints organization, my team, and the great city of New Orleans. We shared some amazing moments together, many of which are emblazoned in our hearts and minds and will forever be a part of us. You have molded me, strengthened me, inspired me, and given me a lifetime of memories. My goal for the last 15 years was striving to give to you everything you had given to me and more.
I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans. This is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. Now my real life‘s work begins!"

just in, saints sub in Taysom Hill to retire

Here's the video he posted:

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ROFL ROFL ROFL

Better than Brady

LMAO LMAO

One of the few non Chiefs I actually liked.

Why aren't they wearing their Mahomes jerseys?

Edit: Dang it. You deleted the link to his kids.

Bye.

Yeah, for sure. Got a raw deal from the Chargers, went on to be a champion and set all time records for quarterbacks, all doing it with class.

I actually thought he retired a couple of years ago..

Vermeil chose Trent Green over Brees in 2001. Brees was going to be their first round pick.

I like what the saints did giving taysom hill a huge money deal but voidable. Gives the saints a chance to see if they can truly build around him and cut bait if it doesn't work.

I don't think you can build around him so I'm guessing new orleans will be aggressive at qb in the draft.

Brees was a great QB and good for the league. It’s wild to see how his career unfolded and he became elite.

And then ironically Marty S developed him.

You're probably thinking of Tom Brady.

It's absolute nonsense to think Taysom Hill is an acceptable NFL starting QB.

Dude makes Lamar Jackson look like Dan Marino when throwing the ball.

Taysom hill gets a 4 year 140 million dollar contract extension

After San Diego hosed him about his injured shoulder, and he went on to NO and tore ass, winning a super bowl. Happy for him; class act.

I don't think so either. But that team is too good to tank and they've proven they can win games in spite of him. Like I said, I like the idea because it's voidable. They're paying him a lot right now so they can easily cut him. It buys them some time to find a replacement qb at a shitty draft spot.

Im sorry Mr. Man. Let me try again.

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I'm laughing even before I click the Play button.

Tough to come up with a QB that ended up maximizing his ability for than Brees. Cool that Brees used his kids in his retirement message. It may have been pretty funny if his kids reacted in disappointment that now they can get away with less when he is home more but then when he tells them that he is going to still be away on occasion announcing games, they smile.

Jameis Winston is probably going to get the first crack at the starting position. Even if the players are roughly equal with Winston as QB, you can still use Hill on offense as a gadget guy.

Sooner or later, Saints need to pay the piper. The can can probably be mostly kicked down the road if they want to do so again.

One of the greatest...
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.town...ize=1200%2C800

Worked out great..nobody was winning a SB with that defense. Would have been better after Green for sure, but likely wouldnt have Mahomes and Reid now

We (the Saints fan base, city of New Orleans, and my family) owe him a lot. He should never have to pay for another meal in this city as long as he lives. He gave us hope after Katrina, and helped bring our franchise out of the dregs of the league. He took our fan base from the lowest lows to the highest highs. His final couple of seasons weren’t great, but he was our Captain, and we were blessed to have him.

On a personal note, when we had our 4th child she was put into the NICU for several weeks as a preme. We switched off staying with her during those 4.5 weeks. Around week 2 however the hospital had us sign waivers as someone had purchased monitors for all the baby’s in the NICU, and we needed to give our approval of it. The person that bought all of those monitors was none other than Drew and Brittney Brees. That made our life a lot easier as we could monitor her while we were at home, school, or work. It was a major relief for us (and the other families we grew to know) during that stay.

God bless Drew and Brittney Brees.

Dusty

Thank you for sharing that story, that was very beautiful.

RIP

The Buccaneers ended him. His last pass was an interception by Mike Edwards.

Can’t argue that. To be honest, Drew has been a product of the talent around him since 2019. He is that TMNT meme of Master Splinter walking with a cane and older Ninja Turtles walking by his side (while the image above is of Splinter walking with younger turtles).

When Sean says that they wanted Patrick Mahomes believe him, there is speculation that Drew would have retired last year had Tom Brady not made it known that he would like to fill Drew’s cleats. Drew has had thoughts of retiring for a bit, and the Saints have been looking to find his replacement for just as long. Nobody knows what the future holds for the Saints. Taysom, Jameis, a rookie, Trevor Simien. All we know is a large contingent of Saints fans don’t know football without Drew, and probably weren’t around pre-2005 when we were...lacking. I am looking forward to the future, but it still hurts that we won’t be able to count on #9.

He just announced on the today show he’s going to work for NBC

Yep.:thumb:

Thats pretty awesome.

I've hated him since the 98 Alamo Bowl, but I guess stuff like this makes it ok to hate on him a little less.

Might be a reason to watch Sunday Night Football again.

He's just going to be in the studio, not replacing Cris Collinsworth on the announcing team.

Always liked Brees, but that's one less name in the pity mvp race every year!

I’m hoping that he takes the job of the guy who has been dragging him for the last 5 years (Chris Simms). That dude is hella trash.

He will be another Tebow.

WUT?

He was probably the most liked opponent we ever had.

Chris Simms has been trashing Brees as long as he (Simms) has had a platform. I am not sure if it has something to do with Simms burning out due to injury, or whatever, but I would love to see Brees push Simms out the door.

All I remember is that he sucked so bad, he got the Chargers the No.1 overall pick in the draft. Then he decided to be good.

IMO Simms tells it like he sees it, and Brees has been limping along for basically the timeline your laying out here. I considered myself a Brees fan, but the last few years ive been of the opinion its time to go drew. Same with big Ben, hes just not the same at this point.

Drew Brees leaving NBC after just one season… and maybe returning to play football?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Despite speculation from media about my future this fall, I’m currently undecided. I may work for NBC, I may play football again, I may focus on business and philanthropy, I may train for the pickleball tour, senior golf tour, coach my kids or all of the above. I’ll let you know</p>&mdash; Drew Brees (@drewbrees) <a href="https://twitter.com/drewbrees/status/1525989165824847873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Man..signing <a href="https://twitter.com/Juice_Landry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@juice_landry</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mathieu_Era?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mathieu_era</a> makes me want to come back and play again!!! Great additions…leaders and players! <a href="https://t.co/ARvwQbnPUU">https://t.co/ARvwQbnPUU</a></p>&mdash; Drew Brees (@drewbrees) <a href="https://twitter.com/drewbrees/status/1525987113619099650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Marty was a great guy, but he didn't have much use for quarterbacks.

The NFC is becoming the old folks home at the QB position.

Seems like Drew Brees’ post-football life is getting weird.

Faking getting struck by lightening.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Former NFL quarterback Drew Brees, reportedly struck by lightning while filming a commercial for PointsBet. Updates to come on 🧵below &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/LOJSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LOJSports</a>. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/BvlERqFJuS">pic.twitter.com/BvlERqFJuS</a></p>&mdash; Amy Dash (@AmyDashTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyDashTV/status/1598695096664268800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drew Brees was NOT struck by lightning. It was all just a *bad* joke from PointsBet. <a href="https://t.co/byAq0kOlw8">pic.twitter.com/byAq0kOlw8</a></p>&mdash; michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikejbabcock/status/1598712506112802816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Got too much shit from the fake hairline...had to call it quits.

Every CP members is at least 6 inches taller than Drew, and we all have dicks twice the size and girth (except for Billay, who I’ve HEARD has a micro). Brees will never be as cool as us.

PointsBet did its job. Got people talking about it.

Amy Dash dried up though...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If this was a spoof then yuck. How insensitive and not cool. <a href="https://t.co/bt8RON8oRr">https://t.co/bt8RON8oRr</a></p>&mdash; Amy Dash (@AmyDashTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyDashTV/status/1598702527473586176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

How dare they not think about her feelings before this stunt.

Some of this stuff is really good:

https://saintswire.usatoday.com/list...ng-video-fake/

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How was he the tallest one? <a href="https://t.co/j3m6ZTi0jd">https://t.co/j3m6ZTi0jd</a></p>&mdash; Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchSchwartz71/status/1598696220213624832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I laughed before I saw who wrote it.

Should have known Zeus doesn't play Whac-A-Mole

Wait, so some people actually thought that video was real? The video that showed his skeleton in the lightning strike? Are these people also concerned about the fate of Wile E. Coyote and the ease of availability of rockets in the desert?

Nah, that was the 2nd video that "exposed" the plot.

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That's what got everyone all worked up and then furious when they fell for the stunt. There's ****ing lightning strike survivor organizations out there furious with him trying to make this something its not. I just hope he doesn't apologize this time around.

What a shocking turn of events.

this is really offensive!

NOW THATS WHAT I CALL !!!!CURRENT!!!! EVENTS THATS WATTS UP

Now he’s going to get cancelled by the Lightning Strike Survivors Group.

What are their thoughts on the Chargers logo?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lightning Strike Survivors Group Blasts Drew Brees Promotional Stunt Amid Twitter Firestorm, “Disgusting.” <a href="https://t.co/px8MWApA7Z">https://t.co/px8MWApA7Z</a></p>&mdash; Amy Dash (@AmyDashTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyDashTV/status/1599125718423994370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He wouldn't have that problem if he grew out his mole again for a lightning rod. It would have absorbed all the lightning bolt.

The fact that isn't an Onion headline confirms I slipped through a portal during one of my blackouts and ended up in a wildly divergent timeline...

Thanks. My faith in humanity is restored back up to the 7 percent level.

These people are more likely to get struck by lightning than to get an apology from a gambling organization.