(Rumor) Drew Brees hinting at a comeback

[mannc]

Yawn…he’s done.  Breed’s arm was completely shot by his last season…I doubt it’s gotten better after 18 months on the couch.

[716]

1 hour ago, dreadlox said:

 

I agree about the ballooning contract comment and decided to look up Jim Kelly’s and Dan Marino’s career earnings. Kelly made $27M in his career. Marino made $51M. Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, and Kirk Cousins are all averaging more $ per season now than Kelly made in his entire career. That has to be a factor for these older guys. Thought that was interesting.

Are you saying Ralph is cheap? 🤔

[WotAGuy]

This all sounds like a face-saving attempt to deflect from NBC ash-canning him. 

[Mr. WEO]

Don't call it a comeback

 

He's been here for years....

[North Buffalo]

19 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

More power to him. All the comments about 'knowing when to shut it down' are coming from normal rational people.

 

You don't get to the NFL, and you don't get to Brees level by being normal or rational. These guys are mental machines, they don't know how to turn it off even if they desperately wanted too.

 

Reminds me of Buffet. Why in the heck does this dude get up at 3am start reading stock articles in newspapers, and all the crap he does. -You're 180 years old, stop, relax-.

 

These guys don't have that switch me and you do. Clinical definition of workaholic!

 

Hell I'd like to see Brees come back with a year of rest (and hgh to rejuvenate everything). I'd bet he can come in and play well still. But thats just me and MHO

I get it... My Dad former Navy EOD Frogman SUNY English prof is 88 still walks 2 miles a day, on the board of directors for the community college in northern San Diego cty and plays Trombone gigs... We call him the great white shark. The day he stops moving is the day he passes.

Edited May 16, 2022 by North Buffalo

[FilthyBeast]

Brees is toast and embarrassed himself playing a year or two longer than he should have just like Big Ben.

[djp14150]

15 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/15/drew-brees-opens-the-door-to-a-return-to-football/ Just left NBC after 1 season. 

i think he wants to negotiate a better salary.

 

maybe he’s POed about Collins worth getting resigned when he was hired expecting the gig to be his this year.

[wppete]

55 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

This all sounds like a face-saving attempt to deflect from NBC ash-canning him. 

completely agree. 

[prissythecat]

In the final stretch of his last season,  Brees couldn’t put the ball where it needed to be. He was done.   He can’t magically reverse time.

[BringBackFlutie]

6 hours ago, Whites Bay said:

I was just saying this in another thread.  Most of us watch these guys blabbering into the microphone and think "I could do that".  Not as easy as it looks if you're trying to stay interesting.  Because he wasn't.

 

I like your name. 

[Nextmanup]

1 hour ago, FilthyBeast said:

Brees is toast and embarrassed himself playing a year or two longer than he should have just like Big Ben.

His rate of degradation is nothing like as bad as it was with Big Ben.  Ben should have been gone at least a full season earlier than  he left...

 

I think it is arguable that Brees can still play, though not at his peak career level.  He's well beyond that now.

 

 

[FilthyBeast]

9 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

His rate of degradation is nothing like as bad as it was with Big Ben.  Ben should have been gone at least a full season earlier than  he left...

 

I think it is arguable that Brees can still play, though not at his peak career level.  He's well beyond that now.

 

 

 

Agree, but when your arm goes it goes badly and Brady is also on the brink of embarrassing himself which is why I thought he probably was done after and surprised he unretired so quickly.

 

Won't be surprised if Brady looks a lot like 2020 Brees this year.

[2003Contenders]

15 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

Well Dan and Jim knew when to walk away. And they never bothered coming back after they retired 

Except Tom Brady wouldn’t be able to wear # 12 in Miami

 

Actually the Brees situation here reminds me a bit like what happened with Kelly. It sounds like NBC has not been impressed with Brees in the studio and don't want him back. Jim also struggled as a broadcaster, and after one year in retirement he started talking about wanting to come back and play for the Baltimore Ravens (which never materialized).

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

He was bad on TV. He got fired. Now he's trying to save face by spinning a story about maybe un-retiring. But it aint happening.

I heard he's just trying to throw a f*** into Rosen making an attempt at reviving his career. 🤔

[LeGOATski]

This guy almost annoys me more than Tom Brady. Almost.

[BillsShredder83]

2 hours ago, North Buffalo said:

I get it... My Dad former Navy EOD Frogman SUNY English prof is 88 still walks 2 miles a day, on the board of directors for the community college in northern San Diego cty and plays Trombone gigs... We call the great white shark. The day he stops moving is the day he passes.

Those guys were no joke! My great grampa was a Frogman and always had the coolest stories. Was simultaneously one of the sweetest guys I ever knew, while being a strong batch of vinegar at the same time haha

I remember him tearing my dad a new one (in his 80s) after my dad brought him a fresh beer, something about- if you think I can't walk to the cooler to get my own, you'll be the one asking for help getting to the cooler 😆

[machine gun kelly]

3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

Don't call it a comeback

 

He's been here for years....

dance pa dance.

 

 

 

Just for Weo Man.

Oh and a great pre workout song while driving to gym at an ungodly hour in the morning to wake up.

 

Hopefully Milano or Poyer

listens to this song before the SB against Brady this year.  
 

Mama said knock you out!

Edited May 16, 2022 by machine gun kelly

[Punching Bag]

18 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

 

Reminds me of Buffet. Why in the heck does this dude get up at 3am start reading stock articles in newspapers, and all the crap he does. -You're 180 years old, stop, relax-.

 

 

Jimmy Buffet does that?  He is only 75.  Maybe he is trying to keep his mind sharp. 

Amazing he has time to do that when practicing for upcoming concerts.

18 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

Well Dan and Jim knew when to walk away. And they never bothered coming back after they retired 

 

Jimbo considered coming back and playing for Baltimore but after exploration turned it down.

 

And I think it is a lot easier for QBs to come out of retirement now with less hitting of QB, less checking of supplements (and having a good agent who warns you about tests) and lots more money where backups are making more than some starters a few years earlier.

 

No word on Ryan Fitzpatrick?

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

We will never know about the things going on behind the scenes.  I'm sure the Saints won't want him or want to pay him for another season but there may be some desperate teams (Carolina, etc.) who might be.  If his agent sniffs one last payday, something could happen.  If we've learned anything over the last few years, it's not to be surprised by pro athletes and their retirement antics.

[JohnNord]

19 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/15/drew-brees-opens-the-door-to-a-return-to-football/ Just left NBC after 1 season. 

Will he keep the hair plugs if he returns to football.  It could be a reverse Sampson

[North Buffalo]

2 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Those guys were no joke! My great grampa was a Frogman and always had the coolest stories. Was simultaneously one of the sweetest guys I ever knew, while being a strong batch of vinegar at the same time haha

I remember him tearing my dad a new one (in his 80s) after my dad brought him a fresh beer, something about- if you think I can't walk to the cooler to get my own, you'll be the one asking for help getting to the cooler 😆

Yeh the few stories often told by his brothers are cool and I remember trying to take him down as a teenager with my two teenage brothers... he had this little glint in eye, did some serpentine thing with his arms while stating its all in the leverage sons... Before we knew it myself and my middle brother were on our backs with my youngest in a full nelson... to the day I have no idea how I got there... he was in his 50s at that point

Edited May 16, 2022 by North Buffalo

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

dance pa dance.

 

 

 

Just for Weo Man.

Oh and a great pre workout song while driving to gym at an ungodly hour in the morning to wake up.

 

Hopefully Milano or Poyer

listens to this song before the SB against Brady this year.  
 

Mama said knock you out!

 

makin his tears rain down like a monsoon...

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

If Nate freakin' Peterman still has a job then why can't Brees? 

[DCofNC]

He may want to come back, but who would actually want him?  He made Phil Rivers look like he had a rocket arm in his last year.

[Chicken Boo]

14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Well, 'Margaritavilles' ain't packing in middle aged tourists like they used to. 🤨

 

I think you mean Piña Coladaburg.

[L Ron Burgundy]

Unless his arm is feeling 10x better he needs to stay retired.   Watching him his final season was tough.  He seemed beat.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

His arm was shot. Unless he had an undisclosed jury that has healed there is no way he can play any longer.

[Sierra Foothills]

12 hours ago, london_bills said:

Alot of boxers unretire, must be something to do with the adrenaline they miss.

 

 

Or you know... brain damage.

 

12 hours ago, 716 said:

Are you saying Ralph is cheap? 🤔

 

 

2 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

If Nate freakin' Peterman still has a job then why can't Brees? 

 

Fun relevant fact:

 

Jim Kelly career earnings: $21.78 million

 

Nathan Peterman career earnings:  $4.49 million

[machine gun kelly]

10 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

makin his tears rain down like a monsoon...

Living in Tampa, for my sons and friends I had to come around on Brady as he was the driving force in Tampa becoming a winner again, but watching Milano even if he gets a 15 yrd penalty to just pancake Brady knocking him to the sideline.  No serious injuries or anything as I think that is wrong even for Brady, but ringing his bell for the second half of a  SB.

 

All kidding aside, Brees is not coming back.  This is nothing more than an analyst sees he’s not being taken back for NBC so he makes a wild accusation he’s coming back.  Then others pile on and say he should be released from New Orleans.  Like that would happen.

Edited May 17, 2022 by machine gun kelly

[Don Otreply]

11 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

If Nate freakin' Peterman still has a job then why can't Brees? 

Because he has no arm strength, did you watch the guy throw a pass during his last season?  Even Peterman has a stronger arm, ya see,  age came to say hello, can’t do anything about that. He evidently didn’t keep up on his Tommy boy Peds regime, 😁👍

Edited May 17, 2022 by Don Otreply

[PetermansRedemption]

1 minute ago, Don Otreply said:

Because he has no arm strength, did you watch the guy throw a pass during his last season?  Even Naterman has a stronger arm, ya see,  age came to say hello, can’t do anything about that. He evidently didn’t keep up on his Tommy boy Peds regime, 😁👍

Did someone come calling? 

[Don Otreply]

4 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

Did someone come calling? 

?? Adjusted just for you 😁👍

Edited May 17, 2022 by Don Otreply

[Punching Bag]

11 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

If Nate freakin' Peterman still has a job then why can't Brees? 

 

Because like the SF saint he is not willing to be #3 QB on roster being paid veteran minimum before released and signed on practice squad.

[ArtVandalay]

His arm strength is so weak at this point his hat landed short when he just tried to throw it in the ring. 

[RalphWilson'sNewWar]

The only 4-5 people that have to worry about Brees arm strength are Drew Brees and the Saints Representatives who would analyze it at the secret private workout.

 

if they sign him then you know there is plenty enough there to do the job.

[benderbender]

The counter argument to all arm strength arguments is every "sign Fitz" threads over the past 4 years

[BuffaloBills1998]

On 5/16/2022 at 1:00 PM, Limeaid said:

 

Jimmy Buffet does that?  He is only 75.  Maybe he is trying to keep his mind sharp. 

Amazing he has time to do that when practicing for upcoming concerts.

 

Jimbo considered coming back and playing for Baltimore but after exploration turned it down.

 

And I think it is a lot easier for QBs to come out of retirement now with less hitting of QB, less checking of supplements (and having a good agent who warns you about tests) and lots more money where backups are making more than some starters a few years earlier.

 

No word on Ryan Fitzpatrick?

Good chance Jimbo wouldn’t have passed the physical. His body was beat to hell and has concussion problems and admitted he lost interest in playing once Kent retired. He was a shell of his former self in 96. Now would he have been better than Testaverde ? Absolutely but at that time in his career, thats not saying much. 

Edited May 18, 2022 by BuffaloBills1998

[Punching Bag]

1 minute ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

Good chance Jimbo wouldn’t have passed the physical. His body was beat to hell and has concussion problems and admitted he lost interest in playing once Kent retired. He was a shell of his former self in 96. Now would he have been better than Dilfer? Absolutely but at that time in his career, thats not saying much. 

 

Trent Dilfer was not QB that year 1996 so what does have to do this?

 

Jimbo partly wanted to go there because Ted Marchibroda was head coach replacing Bilicheat.

[BuffaloBills1998]

1 minute ago, Limeaid said:

 

Trent Dilfer was not QB that year 1996 so what does have to do this?

 

Jimbo partly wanted to go there because Ted Marchibroda was head coach replacing Bilicheat.

Sorry I meant Testaverde 

[Punching Bag]

3 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said:

Sorry I meant Testaverde 

 

Oh different Tampa Bay QB!  They get mixed up so easily.