re: So Drew has all of the leverage now

All I know is that if he retires with only 1 SuperBowl win as a Saint I will hate him forever because he could have given us more. Damn your greed Drew Brees, after 40 years of futility you gave us more than we ever realistically thought we'd get, but it just wasn't enough. I hate you and hope you DIAF for only giving us 1 SuperBowl.

Seriously, what is wrong with some of you people. Let's say you worked at a tech startup that blew up. You don't need to work there for the money, you work there because you like the work you do, and they come to you and ask if you'd give back $10 million of your stock options so they can add a new department that will help your department make even more money for the company and give you a 10% better chance at your 2nd industry award. Would you give up $10 million for that? If you say yes you either really want that 2nd industry award, and some people do, or you're lying. Most people would say "That's my money, I have a family to feed!" And that doesn't make them bad or greedy, it makes them normal.

Look at how much money winning the SuperBowl has made Benson. The salary cap conveniently shields him from criticism about not sacrificing more for winning. Maybe Brees salary wouldn't be a problem if Benson had fought the league harder on BountyGate and kept our draft picks, or maybe if he wasn't so loyal to Loomis he'd have seen change needed to be made sooner, we'd have drafted better and not made such HUGE FA mistakes that have left a crazy amount of dead money on the cap. But Brees' greed for wanting to be paid his market value is the problem here