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Drew Brees: Paying a Salary of $30 Million per season is ludricrous

Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:39 pm
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:39 pm
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Brees turns 41 years old January 15. If he does decide to return as his teammates expect, he will need a new contract, one that likely will pay him in excess of $30 million annually based on the contracts other high-level quarterbacks signed in the past year.


If Brees is wanting and expecting $30M per season to return to the Saints, then let him walk. He can take much less, and free up cap space to add more depth and talent. Need to address the areas of WR, DB, and the DL for starters.

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This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:02 pm
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:43 pm to
And what QB do you bring in to make a championship bring that won't cost around that?
Posted by Laaz2750
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:44 pm to
Yes let’s all overreact to random press speculation based on deals other QBs have made
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:52 pm to
brees never asked to be the highest paid QB, not once ever

all he asked for was fair market value for the position and his level of play (top 5 pay) so get outta here with acting like drew is being greedy and hes the problem.

if we paid him $30 mill a year he would be in the middle teens as far as rankings of what other teams pay their starting QBs

$40 mill is what dak is asking for, let that sink in, DAK frickin prescott is asking for $40 mill
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:53 pm to
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es let’s all overreact to random press speculation based on deals other QBs have made


fair but you got to go 10 deep to get below 27 mill a year on top qb salaries and that's before the dak and winston and tannehill's of the world re-sign.
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

If Brees is wanting and expecting $30M per season to return to the Saints, then let him walk. He can take much less, and free up cap space to add more depth and talent. Need to address the areas of WR, DB, and the DL for starters.



Brees is royalty. If he wants to play one or two seasons making more money than he's actually worth, you are going to bend over and take it, because that's what he's earned.
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:01 pm to
In 14 seasons with the Saints, Brees has earned over $231 Million. He earned another $13 million during 5 years with the Chargers. Brady took less salary the past 5-8 years so that NE could compete and win championships. Just saying Brees at the end of his career isn't worth mortgaging the Saints' future after he's gone at $30 Million per season.

take a look at these guys: Andrew Luck, Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Andy Dalton, Nick Foles, Marcus Mariota, Teddy Bridgewater(5-0), Josh Rosen, Taysom Hill. Then draft a QB this season.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:05 pm
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:03 pm to
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And what QB do you bring in to make a championship bring that won't cost around that?

Whats Teddy gonna cost? Cause if Teddy had started that playoff game we would still be playing.
Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:08 pm to
Brady's wife has a net worth of about $400 million, just saying
Posted by JS87
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:10 pm to
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And what QB do you bring in to make a championship bring that won't cost around that?


Teddy filled in pretty nicely with what seemed like a more inspired defense having his back.

Posted by 1BamaRTR
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Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:12 pm to
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Cause if Teddy had started that playoff game we would still be playing.


You don't know that at all. What we do know is that Bridgewater got sacked at a much higher rate than Brees did. So for some reason you think Bridgewater would have been able to avoid the Vikings defenders that were living in the backfield.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:13 pm
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:15 pm to
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more inspired defense having his back.

aka healthy
Posted by Boss
Member since Dec 2007
1286 posts
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:24 pm to
Additionally, over past 10 year Brees's cap hit has been 189 million. Brady's has been 139. That works out to about 4 million a year. When I look at it that way and the numbers it isn't as out of whack as everyone thinks. Go look back at our defensive numbers in our 3 7-9 seasons. Historically bad. 4 mill isn't going to make a huge difference there.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:26 pm
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:43 pm to
Bad contracts did us in those years.

Blame Brees, ignores the fact we had 8 figure dead money from galette, Byrd, etc.

Give me a break
Posted by Boss
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:47 pm to
That is what I am saying. Brees's contract wasn't the problem those years.
Posted by htran90
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:51 pm to
I didn't mean to target that to you. Just to emphasize on your post.

30mil of 200mil is 15% of the salary cap.

That's lower than his initial 5/100mil...in 2012
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:52 pm
Posted by Unknown_Poster
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:54 pm to
He can take $10 million or walk.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:00 pm to
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if peat hadnt started that playoff game, we would still be playing.


FIFY
Posted by Elleshoe
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Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:07 pm to
quote:

He can take $10 million or walk.


Idiot
Posted by WicKed WayZ
Louisiana Forever
Member since Sep 2011
32480 posts
Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:11 pm to
We don’t have $30M
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