Drew Brees

re veterans on the team for leadership. 

Smith made the call to keep QB Phillip Rivers over Drew Brees because Brees suffered a torn labrum and partial rotator cuff tear in the 2005 season finale. That and Rivers was hand picked by Smith in the 2004 NFL Draft after trading QB Eli Manning for Phillip. While statistically they’re equal, Brees remarkably recovered from the injury and led the New Orleans Saints to a 2009 Super Bowl Championship while Rivers came up short against the New York Jets. 

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Saints QB Drew Brees is in a class all by himself. He’s the first quarterback to throw three TDs in a quarter against a Bill Belichick-coached defense. 

5. For the first time since 2005, the Patriots lost a regular season game to an NFC team. That was a week two 27-17 loss to Carolina. That ends a 17-game winning streak against the NFC. 

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He’s making sure the only things on his players’ minds are black and gold, Drew Brees, Darren Sharper, and the Fleur de Lis. 

Not that Belichick is oblivious to what’s going on throughout the league. He constantly keeps an ear to the ground and knows what happens everyday. 

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 As football fans across the globe cast their longing eyes in the direction of the April draft, I decided that now might be a good time to reflect on draft classes of the last 10 years. Too often in this business, we rush ahead to the next big event without taking pause to evaluate the past and learn from it. In a way, this study will still be a celebration of the coming 2009 draft as I believe it will shed some light on certain overlooked trends that no one ever stops to consider. I will begin with a class by class showdown of sorts at the quarterback position over the last 10 drafts.  This is part II in the series:

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Someone tell New Orleans QB Drew Brees that Cassel will be breathing down his neck for Dan Marino's single season record for passing yards. He's about 600 yards behind right now, but figure in a few more 400-yard games and Cassel will be neck and neck with Brees.

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His potential is limitless.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
RUNNER-UP: Drew Brees (NO)—He’s the kind of quarterback who could make practice squad receivers look great.

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MID-SEASON NFL ALL-PRO TEAMS

2nd TEAM

QB = Drew Brees (NO): 2563 YDS 15 TD 7 INT 69% CMP 101.6 RTG

RB = Michael Turner (ATL): 655 YDS 6 TD 4.5 YPC, 3 CTH 11 YDS

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contest started, I gave my family members my prediction: Saints 35, Vikings 24.  With the way Drew Brees was playing and the athleticism of Reggie Bush, I didn't see any way in which the Vikes could possibly slow them down.  In the first quarter, that was EXACTLY what happened.  The Saints quickly drove down the field (which didn't take long, considering that their kick returner Thomas got them into Vikings territory right away) and scored a TD on their first drive, Brees to Devery Henderson.  Then, in typical Vikings fashion, the Purple had to punt on our first possession, and the Saints began driving again, with Brees finding receivers that were wide open by yards.  The Saints' second drive stalled out at the Vikings' 28 yard line, though, and Martin Grammatica came on to attempt the field goal.  Now, if you know anything about the NFL, you will know two things: Grammatica has been kicking forever, and he is no longer the "Automatica" he was in Tampa Bay long ago.  So, in order to make long kicks he must kick the ball in a low, line drive fashion (instead of just booming it like most guys do).  This occurred, a Viking player touched the sailing sphere, and it landed flush in the arms of Antoine Winfield, who quickly returned it for a score and tied the contest 7-7.  Given the chance to go up 10-0 on one of the worst offenses in the NFL, the Saints failed to capitalize (or did the Vikings succeed?!).

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; extra games are just more opportunities for players to injure themselves.  Let us not forget Drew Brees dislocating his elbow last year.  He was lucky that the injury did not negatively effect his off season but what if he had re-injured his shoulder...  It seems like too much of a risk.  Why not some type of ceremony that recognizes the players and their contributions to their respective teams?  Being elected to the Pro Bowl is obviously the real honor, not playing in the game.  If the game were the only reason you would not have Tom Brady and Randy Moss opting not to play.

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