re: Drew Brees to be on Mike & Mike Wed 8:30 AM

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Cliff's notes?

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Nothing much.

Asked him about the franchise tag, and he said he's already done that before and that ended in his shoulder getting fricked and possibly never playing again, so he's not interested in that.

Asked him about if he talked to others (Colston, Nicks, etc.) about resigning and he said that he hopes they can keep most of the team together because he loves the team they have but that he understands the business of it and things happen.

Asked him about the bounty thing and he said he didn't know about it and was surprised when the story came out.

Asked him why he sounded so down, and he said he was fine but answering the bounty questions is difficult to do because it's a new thing and there are investigations ongoing.

They told him he was the best FA pickup ever and that the deal could've been done already and how he felt, and he talked a little about the previous extension offer last year and how he ended up nixing the talks because he felt like it was becoming a distraction. Also mentioned how things like this take time ("not just days or weeks") and he is hopeful and confident that a long term deal can be reached. He also said something along the lines of that he loves the organization and is taking the contract negotiations seriously and he hopes the Saints feel the same way, or something like that. Mixed in that was them asking about Manning and him saying that he hopes he gets settled somewhere because he's an obvious commodity to a team and whatnot.

Then they talked about some commercial thing for some sort of upcoming event that he is involved with.

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I really don't think he sounded depressed, the Greeneberg is so full of shite. They've been hammering us for weeks over this deal and just want to prove themselves correct.

I think it was just 2 subjects Drew isn't entirely comfortable talking about, not that he's depressed.

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Agreed on that. He definitely wasn't what I'd call upbeat, but why should he be when getting drilled over and over about his contract and the whole bounty thing. He even specifically said that he wasn't down and that's why he sounded like that (because of the topics).

Think they hae till camp to work it out (July-ish?).

But now that we tagged him, we can't use it on someone else though. At least that is my understanding of how it works (which may be wrong).

thats right. we cant reuse the tag, and we have until mid july to get the deal done. Im glad nicks walked. too much money tied up in guards. try to get grubbs for a decent price; and sign brees

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I'm a fan of the Saints, and he's a big part of it, but if keeping him means losing or not being able to sign quality players, then adios. Trade him for 2 or 3 1st rounders and rebuild. This is a business (remember)
Sean Payton has made this team what it is. Granted, Brees is a large part of it, and isn't easily replaceable, but Payton's offense has made Brees who he is statistically.

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Wait, what?

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I hope we can trade Brees (he is almost 33!) soon so we can sign Flynn

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can you please tell me the details of the proposed contract since you know so much about it

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qwerpoiu

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With all due respect for your soul your body is completely saturated with idiocracy.

ok so this may be a stupid question, i know he got tagged, but is there any way we can get a contract signed before the season starts? if so when is the deadline? or did that pass?