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March 14, 2021
Drew Brees Retires from NFL: "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," Drew Brees announced on Instagram Sunday. "I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans." Brees departs as the all-time leader in passing yards with 80,358 and a Super Bowl champion after the 2009 season.
I also love how Brees says that for him, it's all about time management.
The ages of his kids are 12, 10, 8, 6.
With no due respect to Brett Kavanaugh, now THAT'S a calendar.
posted by beaverboard at 09:44 PM on March 14, 2021
Brees barely let the ink dry on his resignation letter before signing on with NBC to begin his broadcast career.
That's all well and good, but he's now going to serve as the booth analyst for Notre Dame games.
If you're a Purdue graduate and set for life, you just don't agree to do something like that.
posted by beaverboard at 11:07 AM on March 15, 2021
the Saints were cheated out of a trip to the Super Bowl by the officiating in the NFC title game against the Rams
Bad non-call, but there's been similar that have resulted in teams winning the Superbowl. To me the worst thing that happened to the Saints was the coaching staff being suspended during the peak of their window of opportunity. Self inflicted.
posted by cixelsyd at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2021
Bad non-call, but there's been similar that have resulted in teams winning the Superbowl.
And without that bad call, we would have been deprived of the single most boring Super Bowl in the history of the game...possibly the most boring football game ever played outside of the Ivy Leagues at the turn of the last century. Who wants to watch Brees, Thomas, and Kamara when you can watch...[I can't name a Ram].
posted by tahoemoj at 01:28 PM on March 15, 2021
As the Executive Director of the Name A Ram Foundation, I'd like to remind everyone that we continue our mission to rebuild the names of those greater Los Angeles area professional athletes who have become anonymous through no fault of their own.
We recently announced that in 2021, our two recipients will be Donald Aaron and Floyd Leonard.
posted by beaverboard at 05:39 PM on March 15, 2021
...[I can't name a Ram]
Interesting .. not a huge follower of either team but can name more Rams than Saints from that season. But I'm with you .. Brees probably makes that game more interesting on his own.
posted by cixelsyd at 04:51 PM on March 16, 2021
When you consider the injuries he played with the past season and look at the ages of his kids, it makes perfect sense.
Famous QB raising 3 sons in NOLA...maybe one day the Brees lineage will put a dent in the ubiquitous Manning idolatry.
Now it feels doubly awful that the Saints were cheated out of a trip to the Super Bowl by the officiating in the NFC title game against the Rams. The Saints earned that opportunity and now that chapter is closed.