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Saints showing disrespect towards Drew Brees

Yeah, we've heard already. Drew Brees is a 100 percent shoe in to re-sign with the New Orleans Saints. I mean the Saints without Brees would be like New Orleans without Bourbon Street. It's a done deal right? Whether it s a done deal or not, i think it's downright disrespectful to the biggest icon in Louisiana sports history.
Take Saints GM Mickey Loomis for instance on a radio conference call when asked about the impending new contract for Drew Brees. "I think i'd be out of a job if Drew was not signed" quipped Loomis. Does that sound like a guy who is ready to let the MVP (well all know) of the NFL the past 6 years walk? Drew himself took it further on the Dan Patrick show during Superbowl week last week by saying, "There is no doubt in my mind, i will be a New Orleans Saint for the rest of my career". You can even ask Saints head coach Sean Payton what he thinks. Said Payton, "I would be stunned if Drew Brees is not back in a Saints uniform next year."
Ok, so what's the hold up? How long does it take for an organization to realize the accomplishments of Drew Brees? Let me list some of them for you, just to be on the same page as Mickey Loomis......

National Football League records

DREW BREES SUPERBOWL XLIV MVP

  • Single season passing leader – 5,476 yards (2011)
  • Most completions in a season – 468 (2011)
  • Most 300+ yard passing games in a season – 13 (2011)
  • Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games – 7 (2011) (Weeks 10,12,13,14,15,16,17; 2011)
  • Most consecutive games with 350+ yards passing – 4 (Weeks 3,4,5,6; 2011)
  • Highest completion percentage, season – 71.2% (2011)
  • Highest post-season completion percentage, career – 66.7%
  • Lowest post-season interception percentage, career – 0.70%
  • Most completions in a Super Bowl – 32 (Super Bowl XLIV; tied with Tom Brady)
  • Most consecutive seasons with 4000+ passing yards – 6 (2006-2011; tied with Peyton Manning)
  • Most consecutive seasons with 4000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 4, 2008-current
  • Most games with 20+ completions, season – 16 (2010,2011)
  • Most passing completions per game, career – 23.4 comp/game
  • Most consecutive 350+ completion seasons, career – 6 (2006-2011)
  • Most 400+ completion seasons, career – 4 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
  • Most passing yards per game, career – 263.7 yards/game
  • Most passing attempts per game, career – 35.5 att/game
  • Most completions in a playoff game – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)
  • Most pass attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)
  • Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception during the playoffs – 215 [2006 – 2011(*still in progress)]
  • Most consecutive games with at least 20 completions – 36
  • Most Seasons with 5000+ passing yards- 2 (2008 & 2011)
  • Most Seasons with 20+ completions, season – 2 (2010 & 2011)

New Orleans Saints franchise records

  • Most passing yards in a single season – 5,476 yards (2011)
  • Consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass – 43 (2009–present) 2nd NFL all-time
  • Highest Comp. %, Career (Min. 500 attempts) – 65.7%
  • Highest Comp. %, Season (Min. 14 attempts/game) – 71.23% (2011)
  • Highest YPA, Career (Min. 500 attempts) – 7.56
  • Highest YPA, Season (Min. 14 attempts/game) – 8.5 (2009)
  • Highest Passer Rating, Career (Min. 500 attempts) – 93.8
  • Highest Passer Rating, Season (Min. 14 attempts/game) – 110.6 (2011)
  • Most Completions, Season – 468 (2011)
  • Most Completions, Game – 39 vs. Denver, 9/21/2008
  • Most Consecutive Completions – 19 (12/27/09)
  • Most Pass Attempts, Season – 658 (2010)
  • Most Pass Attempts, Game – 60 (tied with Aaron Brooks)
  • Most Passing Yards, Game – 510 vs. Cincinnati, 11/19/2006 (seventh highest in NFL history)
  • Most 4000 Yard Passing Seasons – 6
  • Most Consecutive 4000 Yard Passing Seasons – 6 (2006–11)
  • Most Games w/300+ Yards Passing, Season – 13 (2011)
  • Most Consecutive Games w/300+ Yards Passing – 7 (2011)
  • Most Touchdown Passes, Season – 46 (2011)
  • Most Touchdown Passes, Game – 6 (9/13/2009) (tied with Billy Kilmer)
  • Most Touchdown Passes On Opening Day, 6 (2009)
  • Most Touchdown Passes, Career – 201




Should i go further? I can dig a little deeper than this as well.......

Other notable accomplishments


Do these look like the numbers of a quarterback that is not deserving of a nice fat contract? The point is Drew Brees is being vastly disrespected by the Saints organization. Everyone with knowledge of professional football these days knows the Top 3 quarterbacks in the game right now are Brady, Brees, and Rogers. Drew Brees is not even in the top 10 as far as highest paid quarterbacks go these days. For example.......New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez was the highest paid QB in the league this year with a whopping salary of 17.5 Million....Michael Vick signed a 100 Million dollar contract extension in the middle of the season for the Philadelphia Eagles. Giants Superbowl MVP QB Eli Manning just signed a lucrative contract that will pay him 107 Million for the next 7 years. Does all of this make sense to you??
For weeks now it has been "guaranteed" by the media that Drew Brees will never leave New Orleans. Now that the Superbowl is over, the media are starving for some football attention. Here's the first headliner which came out on Monday.......from our good friend Plaxico Burress.... In the article Plaxico states he has a feeling that "Drew Brees is going to sign with the Redskins. Plaxico also hits it right on the head by saying, "I think he's done enough for that organization to where they should have signed him during the season." Tuesday morning, another jolt to the Saints front office when CBSSports.com Mike Freeman reported that an unnaimed Saints player said Drew Brees was becoming frustrated with not receiving a long term deal..


"Drew Brees feels baffled, if not worse about how long it's taking for him to receive a long-term contract extension, an unnamed Saints player told CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman. Brees has said several times that a deal should be struck before free agency opens, but Freeman reported that privately Brees is telling teammates that his frustrations are rising."

You can either believe the media or believe reality. This is not a question of whether Drew Brees is going to leave the Saints. It's a matter of respect. Do you think Drew Brees doesnt feel disrespected? I'd doubt that. The Saints know what they are going to pay him, and the rest of the league knows what they WOULD pay him. For Mickey Loomis and the front office, it's time to stop dragging your feet and get this deal done once and for all. Not only for Drew Brees, but also for the city of New Orleans. This guy has meant so much to everyone. The meaning Drew Brees has to New Orleanians goes beyond anything that cash can offer. Drew Brees is New Orleans. He's brought us back from one of the worst disasters this country has ever seen. I just wish the New Orleans Saints would realize what they have waiting for them and the future of this city. So to Tom Benson, Coach Sean Payton, Mickey Loomis, and Rita Benson, let's get this done, and give Drew the deal of his lifetime. He's given us the same deal. I'll be waiting in the next couple of weeks, to see if the Saints brass feel the same way.........WHO DAT!
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whoa whoa WHOA!!

Now don’t get me wrong, I believe Drew should be one of the highest paid QB’s in the game right now. But let’s face it. It ain’t going to happen. Drew said it himself that he will try to keep the team together if it means no elite pay. That’s not verbatim, but I read an article to where he mentioned something along those lines.

If Drew wants elite pay and they give it to him, say goodbye to the man who keeps him upright. Oh and that other safety blanket he has when he needs a completion. That’s right, Carl Nicks and Marquis Colston..

The reason they are taking so long is that they have to structure all these contracts so they can be within the cap next year. Since we have new keys to the coaching staff (spagnuola and company), its been nothing but evaluation on the defensive side of the ball, so I would like to believe.

Will Smith has alot of money towards next seasons cap, so that ties into re-signing Drew. Alot of free agents are looking for contracts too. There is some talent that I would like to see come back.

Just got to be patient bro. He will get signed. right When free agency starts though, I will look to the sky for frogs.

Drew looks like a demon possessed,
or a SAINT that's BLESSED.

by MattDat on Feb 9, 2012 10:35 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

Drew Brees on the Dan Patrick show, Feb 2nd.
"There is no doubt in my mind" a contract will get finalized, Brees said on the Dan Patrick Show Thursday. "It’s pretty straight up and should be done here in the next 4-5 weeks."

Brees knew he’d probably sign his deal in March.

Unnamed player…Yeah, right. That anonymous guy could be pushing his own agenda by feeding the medias that kind of crap…

Repeat? Run it!

by FrenchFreak on Feb 9, 2012 11:42 AM CST reply actions  

Are you nuts?

This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with being unwilling to pay the man. It has everything to do with trying to structure the contract such that we don’t lose every single other worthwhile free agent on the team.

Period.

There’s literally nothing more to be said.

by FriarBob on Feb 9, 2012 12:11 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

really.. i bet loomis & them have a full table of contracts spread out..

trying to crunch the numbers into extinction.. this one big contract impacts the contracts of the other 52 players.. saintwhodie like it or not..
if it was easy.. if we were 50+ under the cap, it would be done & we would be pondering on a possible FA acquisition.. instead of a red alert for our own FA exodus..

maybe it’s time for you to do a study on the cap space.. friar.. see what you can come up.. where we can free money from..

by the 9th plague on Feb 9, 2012 1:43 PM CST up reply actions  

Love your passion SaintWhodat, but this is not a matter of “dissrespect”, its a matter of business, legals and crunching the numbers to make the cap work.

You are not privy to the negotiations, and neither am I. But lets use an example. Drew’s agent is asking for a 10 year – $400m contract. Applying your logic, Mickey should just sign the contract because to do otherwise would be “disrespectful”. Now if Drew’s agent was asking for a $5 year – $75m contract, and Mickey was baulking at that, then yes you could probably mount an argument that Drew is being disrespected.

But the truth of the matter is that we don’t know what is going on, or how far both sides are apart. The deal will get done, and in the interim its a whole lot of “business” going on.

by HRP-SAINT on Feb 9, 2012 3:42 PM CST reply actions  

You are correct

good way to look at it. I think the media is stirring the pot…….I am going to be patient now lol

by SaintWhodat on Feb 9, 2012 7:38 PM CST up reply actions  

Wait’ll the word “decline” comes up in negotiations.

Stephen Stills is The Gambler in Cripple Creek Ferry.

by benEkeith70 on Feb 9, 2012 9:22 PM CST reply actions  

;)

/grabs torch
/grabs pitchfork
/gathers town folk

Your body's dying. Pay no attention, It happens to us all-Lestat

by AcquiredPanic on Feb 10, 2012 12:50 AM CST up reply actions  

Long, steady decline? hehe

Come on cripple creek…..

"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson

by BRSaintsFan on Feb 10, 2012 4:06 AM CST up reply actions  

Some
people things never change

Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!

by cajuncommando58 on Feb 10, 2012 12:47 PM CST up reply actions  

CBS Sports

Home of our other favorite, Pete Pricksco

"Move over Marino, there's a new Brees coming through town!"-Jim Henderson

by BRSaintsFan on Feb 10, 2012 4:10 AM CST reply actions  

Maybe they should give him naming rights to the team

Welcome to your 2012 Drew Orleans Saints!

SP: "No, No, No. I said 'Let's all take it to the Vikes again' not' Let's all take 2 Vicoden!'"

by Comp on Feb 10, 2012 6:53 AM CST reply actions   2 recs

Brees is in decline

If he asks for anything more than 550k a year, I say we let that greedy bastard walk.

by JellyPhantom on Feb 10, 2012 12:32 PM CST reply actions  

Yep, let him go to the Redskins!!! In Chase we trust!!!

Honeyyyyyyyyyyyy, where did you put my meds?

Expect more...you'll get more...and if you don't, start over!

by Stilljreming on Feb 10, 2012 7:29 PM CST up reply actions  

“Honeyyyyyyyyyyyy, where did you put my meds?”

[as he looks to one of his pet squirrels]

by Dan Kelly on Feb 11, 2012 12:28 PM CST up reply actions  

ugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qais_eGMnWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39GH-nzrY_I&feature=relatde

by tlsk1066 on Feb 10, 2012 1:15 PM CST reply actions  

Unbelievable

You get “re-sign” but miss “shoo-in.” What do you mean I’m avoiding the topic?

by Dr.J on Feb 11, 2012 12:41 AM CST reply actions  

DUDE, NO

Obviously, as you stated in your own article, everyone involved wants to do everything humanly possible to keep him in the black and gold uniform. But there’s a lot of moving parts involved, mainly the salary cap and who is going to be sacrificed to keep Drew.

They are going to pay a king’s ransom to keep Drew, as they should, but it might take a little time. These contracts and the negotiations with the agents get really technical and they have to be smart and still leave some cap room to keep nicks and maybe even colston.

And the main reason why the Saints WILL pay up is the simple fact that they don’t want him playing for nobody when he is in god mode like last season.

Drew Brees is too much a part of New Orleans to let go of. I’m calling it now that they will rename a city street after him and maybe even a public school.

by HollywoodSaint on Feb 17, 2012 6:56 PM CST reply actions  

I think they are waiting

until his son is old enough to go to school before they name one after him. I also wonder how many boys named Drew will be enrolling in Kindergarten in 2 years.

by Saintsfan75 on Feb 18, 2012 4:43 AM CST up reply actions  

No, don't pay him!

That way, when we play you guys next season in your house we won’t have to face the best active QB in the NFL.

Who's got it better than Honey Badger? Honey Badger don't give a ....

Kaepernick's raw talent + Harbaugh's coaching = Hall of Fame QB

by ak4niner on Feb 17, 2012 9:00 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

my biggest problem is

why haven’t they come up with a # they’re going to pay him over so many years to stay a saint. And if they have, why haven’t they told the fanbase. It would ease a lot of minds to know he was signed but they just have to hash out the finer details. I’m not too worried about it but if Brees wanted to be signed before now then I would say that the Saints did show some disrespect. Not a tremendous amount but enough to be annoyed by it. If it’s not done by FA then they’ve done alot more than disrespect him, they’ve given other teams oppurtunities to sway his mind(although Drew has plainly said he wants to be a Saint). It’s just not something I would expect us to do with our franchise QB.

Now that we have a 2011 season let's win the Superbowl!

by skinnykinney on Feb 22, 2012 11:25 AM CST reply actions  

Drew has REPEATEDLY said HE is the one who wanted to put off negotiations until now

There was never disrespect on the part of the Saints. If you know Drew he is all about focus – he wanted to focus on the season and worry about money later. Mile Freeman is an idiot and obviously did no research, only went off of heresay.

by SarahT on Feb 23, 2012 1:34 PM CST reply actions  

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