Drew Brees
Drew Brees
Drew Christopher Breesis an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most-decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records and 19 Purdue University records. He remains the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 January 1979
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
If you want to put that on somebody, you can always put it on me.
In my mind, I feel like I'm going to come back better than ever. I wouldn't even call it a setback. I think it's an opportunity for me to just get going a little bit earlier than expected and rehabbing and working out and making sure that when I come back I'm better than I was when I went in.
It helps a great deal. Obviously, he's a big part of our offense and our team and it's another weapon. Not only is he very productive, but he also creates for others.
Champ Bailey just sat on the route and made a great play, ... You don't want to start a half like that, but we still had a lot of football after that.
He's loosened up a little bit. When he came here, he was a great coach, one of the best in the game. Now he's even better. We've learned from him. He's learned from us.
He's a guy who's only going to get better experience. He's a guy I think is going to be an impact player for us down the road.
Gates is fine, ... He's relaxed and he knows his place. We'll just continue to try and get that feel back with one another and whenever he gets on the field, we'll be ready.
This whole thing with San Diego, when I went into the off-season, I thought for sure I'd still end up with the Chargers. I think that was a shocker for everybody, including myself. Even up to recently, I thought something was going to happen.
We thought about taking a ride in his car,
We weren't able to get any rhythm going.
There are a lot of reasons to be motivated.
We did the 1972 Dolphins a big favor. But why? Two weeks ago, the 2005 Dolphins handed us a home defeat, which might end up costing us a spot in the playoffs. It would have been sweet revenge on the Dolphins had we lost to the Colts. With all this talk of whether or not the Colts should have rested their starters, wouldn't it have been funny if we had rested ours? That would have been hilarious.
To have a better road record with all the places we played is ridiculous.
We've been in this offense now for four years,