re: Rumor from friend who works for Saints re Brees

Listen, this friend does not work in the football operations department. He’s in marketing. Someone in his department told him something to the effect of "the word going around the building is that they're preparing to announce a deal with Brees for 5 years $115,000,000."

I've never really gotten any other interesting Saints information from my friend since he's never acted as if he ever had any inside info to share. In fact, he “opined” to me 2 weeks ago he didn't think there was a chance they would look outside the organization for an interim head coach. It was just his opinion. A few days later was when the Parcells story emerged. So who the hell knows.

I have no idea how real this rumored Brees deal is. He heard it as office gossip and then gossiped it to me. Thought it was worth mentioning to you all on a Saints fan message board. Sorry if it offended anyone or if it's just too volatile a subject upon which to report rumors.