Quote:Drew Brees not only was a differential part of the Saints 2009 season Super Bowl win but his overall W-L record since coming to New Orleans helped change that franchise around after having only 1 playoff win in their history before the Brees era.    Other than Reggie White,  I can't think of  more impactful FA signing than Brees has been.

 

it seems QB's have a high success rate for the bigger names but do remember that Brees was a big time risk because he wasnt really considered a good QB as he only had 1 decent year in SD (his contract year) and hurt his shoulder .. so it was interesting that a team still forked ovr the money that they did for him. It worked out huge for New Orleans

 

Even Manning had some risk but they have gotten a few great years out of him

 

Corners and Pass Rushers get the big money, but have a huge fail rate

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