(01-31-2019, 10:07 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-31-2019, 09:31 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Yea and you know why? Because they have a solid QB on a rookie contract... They're paying him $28m over 4 years and not throwing away $25m++ per year, on some average at best QB like Foles etc. 

They're just more proof that you draft your QB and build around him on his rookie contract. Not cap strap yourself by going after some FA QB, who is a FA for a reason... AKA because they really aren't any good.

The Saints were so stupid to go after Drew Brees.

So you really had to go back 13 years just to find an example of it working out??

You're also leaving out that they drafted Rivers, as well as the main reason why they moved on from Brees... Because he literally almost had his throwing arm ripped off his body...

He dislocated his shoulder through the bottom joint, which is very, very rare. Dr. James Andrews who did the surgery, said it was one of the most unique injuries of any athlete he's ever treated. Not only did he dislocate the shoulder very badly, he also had a 360 degree tear in his labrum and 50% tear in his rotator cuff.

Nobody knew if he'd ever play again after that injury, or for how long/how well if he could. That was a very serious injury and coupled with the fact they had just drafted Rivers and had to get him on the field, that's why Brees hit FA all the way back in 2006.

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