“I think that’s part of the training that we do together, is making sure that I can sustain at the level that I want to be at, playing at a high level for really as long as I want to do it”, Brees said in June. “But this is what was in the best interest of the team”.
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“One of the things I love about this organization is, this organization has not spared any expense to try to do everything possible to put us in the best position to win”, he said. The deal, which implies Loomis-nomics, is actually a five-year contract, so that’s a very friendly salary cap deal.
He became the NFL’s highest paid player when he signed his $100 million, five-year contract in 2012. “My mindset is always everything happens for a reason and everything will happen the way it’s supposed to”. With Bress looking for a contract extension before the season starts there’s telling where his head will be if he doesn’t get one by Sunday.
The Saints brought in Evans for a visit Tuesday after he was released by the Seattle Seahawks. Of course, you can never count them out, not with Brees back there slinging the ball.
On Tuesday, the Saints cut kicker Kai Forbath and brought in rookie Wil Lutz. He has led the Black and Gold to 94 wins in 10 seasons including the team’s first Super Bowl win in the 2009 season when they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.
Even if New Orleans’ decision makers were reluctant to commit to a 37-year-old quarterback into the next decade, they can take solace in the quality of Brees’ late-season game film as he battled through “horrible, miserable pain” due to a torn plantar fascia and a rotator cuff injury in his throwing arm.
After being selected in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft, former Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson has been waived by the New Orleans Saints, according to multiple reports.
Brees had set a deadline of the regular-season opener of having an extension completed before shutting down negotiations until the offseason. No Saints fan wants to watch Brees throw touchdowns for another team. Brees coming off just his average 5,000-yard, 38-touchdown season, unsigned by the Saints, free to sign with any team? He repeatedly expressed his desire to finish his career with the Who Dats and was emphatic stating his intent to play well past the two years guaranteed. With a little defense at San Francisco in the playoffs that season, the Saints would have hosted the New York Giants in the Superdome the next week for the right to go to the Super Bowl. The Saints will pay less than half of that for two seasons and have cap flexibility by spreading the contract.
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