Comments on: Brees, Saints need to work out a deal, now

By: monkeyboymotors

monkeyboymotors — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:40:35 +0000

brees is just like his mom. that is why they didn’t get along, and he knew about bountygate. or is shockey just that much more aware and smarter than brees.[bye the way sleezy breesy the NFL did explain]

By: severinsmith

severinsmith — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:24:58 +0000

I’d love to be a troll on this point, but the whole thing bums me out. The Saints aren’t my first team, but I really like watching them, and have always thought Brees was a total class act, and amazing to watch.

I do think the bounty thing is despicable, but I kind of wish that the league had focused more on the players posting bounties and the coach (Williams) who seemed to really push it. He should be banned from the league period, but I feel like Payton’s punishment may have been too harsh. Suspending him for an entire season seems like it will really derail the team. I would have thought heavier fines and losses of draft picks would have been more appropriate. I am surprised by Brees; statement though.

I’m no expert at any of this stuff, but that’s just my opinion from what I’ve read.

By: dapros

dapros — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:02:12 +0000

Benson is being really cheap. Brees deserves a contract commensurate with his ability. He has delivered and will continue to deliver. Why should Benson try to use the tag to pay him way less than market value after everything he has done to lead the Saints? Show a little respect or your team will be returning to historical form.

By: saint4life

saint4life — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:54:48 +0000

Before writing this article, did you take a second and look at your own archive? The saints offered drew , I think it was $20.5 mil and he turned it down. That would make him the highest paid QB in the league right? This site is almost laughable that the writers are not what they use to be. I hope the Saints put a late hit on every QB this season!

By: egwett

egwett — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:54:52 +0000

I’m not going to read all the above comments to confirm that anybody else caught this but, ummm, Tom Benson does not have an extra 7.5 million to spend bc of Sean Payton’s susp. Coaches salaries have no effect on the salary cap!! I know u know this but the way that paragraph read that’s what it implied.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:28:01 +0000

Rex Grossman says:Mar 22, 2012 10:38 AM

That last sentence. I counted 56 words. Not even a comma in there. Very nice.
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Sister Elizabeth would have called it a run-on sentence in need of punctuation.

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:08:51 +0000

And what’s more, if he’s such a great dad… I’d like to see him sit his kids down and with a straight face, make the excuse that he, as the teams leader in the locker room, was so incompetent that he didn’t know, or so immoral that he knew and thought it was ok…..

By: kate773

kate773 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:00:45 +0000

He has been, over the past six years, the very best quarterback in the league.
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Nope. He’s been ONE of the best but Mr. Manning and Mr. Brady are also in that mix, even including Manning missing last year. I’d include Rogers but he hasn’t been starting for 6 years. I could be wrong on that, but I don’t think he has.

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:00:02 +0000

There is no way brees didn’t know or highly suspect….

The fact is, he was ok with cheating by maiming the other team instead of beating them at the game….

And that makes him at best the”see no evil as long as it gets me a ring” guy

So he will forever be the leader that got a ring by being fooled or closing his eyes to assault and battery…. And that erases anything he is as a person….

By: billygoat

billygoat — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:49:16 +0000

If I was Brees my starting point would be more than what Manning got.

By: jamiebuf12

jamiebuf12 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:43:51 +0000

What is Drew Brees god? He needs a explanation? last i saw he was a player and not a owner.his team was asked if they had a bounty system.they lied about it and said they didnt.the nfl sent letters saying not to do it so the saints did it anyway for two more years.it was found out that they did indeed do it.the defensive coordinator said sorry and so did the head coach….the nfl punished them for it,next a bunch of saints players are going to get punished as well…..what do you not understand drew????

By: bmwaldrop

bmwaldrop — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:38:07 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised it some offense players, like Shockey, and others, like Brees, didn’t know about it.

A QB spends a lot more time watching film then an a-hole like Shockey.

By: saintsfan1111

saintsfan1111 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:35:02 +0000

The truth of the matter is that Drew Brees probably has a bounty on his head whenever he walks out on a field. The pathetic hypocrisy in this reeks.

By: annes22

annes22 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:24:15 +0000

I can’t believe Drew Brees didn’t know anything about this. Does he leave the locker room and not hear anything?? Sean Peyton deserves everything coming to him, he should have been honest with the NFL and not tried to hide it all. Not many feel sorry for him now, unless you are a NO fan. They should have the Super bowl taken away too, they won that, or cheated their way to it in 2010 also. As for Greg Williams, just take your passport and go and find an island somewhere. How embarassing can this be?

By: cwalker4205

cwalker4205 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:10:20 +0000

I understand that people think the Saints will play with a vingence this year, but how are they going to win anything with the scrubs they have to sign on defense to cover the suspensions that are coming?

By: tradog36

tradog36 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:08:40 +0000

If the “Taints” don’t want to give him a long term deal then just leave. He deserves the money because he’s a top teir quarterback. The guy is an elite player and should be paid like one. After this bounty scandal the Taints are really gonna need his leadership on and off the field. Who dat????? There go them “New Orleans Taints”!!!!!!!!!

By: crustyone72

crustyone72 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:58 +0000

The difference is that Stallworth didn’t continue to kill people while driving drunk once he was told to stop.

Payton’s arogance is what led to the 1 year suspension.

By: rbirving

rbirving — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:16 +0000

give Brees a dollar more than Peyton got to sign with the Broncos and try to salvage the worst off season any team has ever faced. What a cluster fudge!

By: cags777

cags777 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:58:08 +0000

At first, I was willing to go to bat for him for wanting a new long-term contract. He appeared to say the right things and has acted like a great leader on a football team. But given his “speechless” comments and praise for Payton and demanding an explanation Wednesday following Goodell’s announcement, along with the fact that he clearly knew that bounties were taking place on his team, Brees should walk. At least now he and the rest of the organization can’t continue milking a tragedy like Hurricane Katrina.

By: daltex

daltex — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:55:07 +0000

“he can’t wrap himself in the fleur de lis while trying to hijack the franchise financially at a time when the franchise desperately needs the positive vibes that would come from a new five-year contract with Brees.”
Oh yes he can. And you better bet he will. He needs to think twice about signing because he isnt getting a superbowl with that team for awhile.

By: grandpoopah

grandpoopah — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:52:00 +0000

Hold on a minute. In one paragraph you claim that Brees has been the “very best quarterback in the league” for the past six years. Then in the very next paragraph you imply that Brees is “hijacking” the Saints franchise because he has so far refused to sign a deal that, in the words of the team’s GM, would pay Brees like a “good, not great” quarterback. If the guy is great (and he clearly is), and the team wants to pay him like he isn’t, and the player refuses to sign for less than he is worth, how does that constitute a hijacking?

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:50:05 +0000

I think the Saints are going to need a highly motivated player/coach Brees. Just pay the man; if anyone deserves “Peyton money” it’s Drew Brees.

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:48:11 +0000

Loomis is out for awhile maybe some different dealing can be done.

However, I don’t know if he is worth what he is asking for. In his position, I would sign the tender with the understanding that they can’t franchise him again.

By: jagsgrl

jagsgrl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:47:30 +0000

Drew Brees demanding an explanation was so funny

By: jakek2

jakek2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:42:47 +0000

The Saints, Cowboys, Redskins, Loomis, Payton, Williams, Vitt and anyone else effected by this tyrant’s rulings should just ignore him and continue on as normal. There needs to be a mutiny soon or this egomaniac will succeed in completely ruining the NFL.

By: nolarules

nolarules — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:35:57 +0000

Kind of suprised that NFL dictator didn’t strip away the franchise tag and make Brees a free agent. Would have been right in line with what he did.
And let’s be real. If Payton had not lied to him, Payton would not have gotten a full year. So just for the record, lying to the dictator brings along the same punishment by the league as killing a man while driving around drunk (Stallworth). Seems about right. You don’t lie to GOD

By: sfsaintsfan

sfsaintsfan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:34:40 +0000

Drew Brees will be back, and he will lead the Saints to their second Super Bowl victory in New Orleans.

It will be an “us against the world” type of year.

Does anybody else remember what the Patriots did after spygate?

The only difference this year is that the Saints will actually win the Super Bowl.

By: turbodog1027

turbodog1027 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:33:57 +0000

Saints will be 11-5 and NFC SOUTH CHAMPS in 2012. No doubt and King Rodger I will be scratching his head wondering how they did it.

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:32:34 +0000

If Holmgren was a smart man, he’d give the Saints a few first rounders and bring Brees to Cleveland, after he agrees to a new deal!

By: winningisabrees

winningisabrees — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:32:10 +0000

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