Signing(s): Saints sign Drew Brees to big 1 year extension

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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[John Price]

Good deal

 

[Roboturner913]

Technically a 5-year deal that voids after 2017, gains the team some pretty major cap room in the here and now. I would not be surprised if they made a trade for a pretty big contract in the next few days, maybe Talib.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Talib in Nola...what could go wrong?

 

[Roboturner913]

Just speculating. He's the only player I know of on the trade market that would command a lot of money. With the roster already set for this year, they could've shunted the bulk of the signing bonus into 2017 but they chose to do it this year instead. Cleared more than 16 million in cap space, but it doesn't make any sense to do that unless you're going to actually spend it. They could also use a guard or right tackle.

 

[Avs_19]

Not bad. I'm surprised the Saints didn't really screw themselves over with future cap here. At least I don't think they did, I haven't looked at the details/breakdown.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Just speculating. He's the only player I know of on the trade market that would command a lot of money. With the roster already set for this year, they could've shunted the bulk of the signing bonus into 2017 but they chose to do it this year instead. Cleared more than 16 million in cap space, but it doesn't make any sense to do that unless you're going to actually spend it. They could also use a guard or right tackle.

Maybe finally that Ron Leary trade.

 

[Roboturner913]

Ugh. Hope not, he's nothing special. They did bring back Jahri Evans today but I can't imagine they're giving him more than $2m or so.

 

[Voight]

Should surpass Manning in YDS & TDs within the next 2-3 years.

Random fact - his 10 year run in NO has been the most successful of any QB in history.

 

[Roboturner913]

He's almost exactly 11K yards behind Manning for all-time passing yards, which is about 2 seasons and a couple games assuming he continues to throw around 5K a year. Should pass Favre for the completions record right about the same time. Touchdowns is a little tougher, he typically throws around 35 a year but that would still leave him 10-15 short going into the 2020 season. He already has career completion % by a lot, that's one that might not ever be broken.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Should surpass Manning in YDS & TDs within the next 2-3 years.

Random fact - his 10 year run in NO has been the most successful of any QB in history.

It is my understanding that a QB needs to win several Super Bowls to be considered successful...being amazing at the position is not good enough when comparing players of that position...

 

[KapG]

Should surpass Manning in YDS & TDs within the next 2-3 years.

Random fact - his 10 year run in NO has been the most successful of any QB in history.

Until Rodgers has his tenth year in Green Bay

Great signing for the saints. Bree's is one of the truly elite QBs

 

[ShootIt]

Ugh. Hope not, he's nothing special. They did bring back Jahri Evans today but I can't imagine they're giving him more than $2m or so.

Well, if you need a road grader at LG, Leary is a good option this late into the season.

 

[Roboturner913]

It is my understanding that a QB needs to win several Super Bowls to be considered successful...being amazing at the position is not good enough when comparing players of that position...

National Football League records:
Most consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass – 54 [40]
Single season passing leader – 5,476 yards (2011)
Highest completion percentage, season – 71.2% (2011)
Most Seasons with 5,000+ passing yards – 3 (2008, 2011, 2012)
Most completions in a season – 468 (2011)
Most 400+ completion seasons, career – 5 (2007-2008, 2010-2012)
Most consecutive 400+ completion seasons, career – 3 (2010-2012)
Most consecutive 350+ completion seasons, career – 7 (2006-2012)
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards – 7 (2006-2012)
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 5, 2008-current
Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards – 2 (2011-2012)
Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 2, 2011-current
Most games with 5+ touchdown passes, career – 8
Most games with 5+ touchdown passes and no interceptions, career – 6
Most seasons with 70% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season) – 2 (2009 & 2011)
Most games with 30+ completions and 80% pass completion rate, career – 5
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 14
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 12
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 3 (tied with Ben Roethlisberger and Brett Favre)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 10 (2011)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 37
Most games, 250+ yards passing, season – 16 (2011)
Most 300+ yard passing games in a season – 13 (2011)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games – 9 (2011–2012, 2012-2013)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games (regular season and postseason combined)– 11 (2011-2012)
Most passing yards in first half of a regular season game — 346 (11/4/2007 vs. Jaguars)
Most games, 3+ TDs/300+ yards passing, career – 40 (tied with Peyton Manning)
Most games, 350+ yards passing, career – 39
Most games, 350+ yards passing, season – 8 (2011)
Most consecutive games with 350+ yards passing – 4 (Weeks 3,4,5,6; 2011)
Most passing yards in a season in away games – 2,852 (2011)
Most consecutive 400+ yard passing games – 2 (postseason games 2012) – tied with several other players
Most consecutive games with 450+ yards passing – 2 (postseason games 2012)
Most games with 400 yards passing and no interceptions, career – 9 combined (7 regular season, 2 postseason)
Most games with 20+ completions, season – 16 (2010-2012)
Most consecutive games with 20+ completions – 57 (2009–2013) [41]
Most consecutive games with 25+ completions – 11 (11/25/2012-10/06/2013)
Most games with 30+ completions, season – 9 (2011)
Most games with 30+ completions, career – 35
Most games with 30+ completions and no interceptions, career – 18
Most games with 39+ completions, career – 3 combined (1 regular season, 2 playoff games)
Most passing completions per game, career – 23.92 comp/game
Most passing attempts per game, career – 36.38 att/game
Most passing attempts per game, postseason- 43.56 att/game
Most passing yards per game, career – 273.65 yards/game
Most passing completions per game, season – 29.25 comp/game (2011)
Most passing completions per game, postseason – 29.1 comp/game
Most passing yards per game, season – 342.25 yards/game (2011)
Highest post-season completion percentage, career – 66.8%
Lowest post-season interception percentage, career – 1.02%
Highest average passing yards per game in postseason- 331.1 (9 games)
Most completions in a Super Bowl – 32 (Super Bowl XLIV; tied with Tom Brady)
Most completions in a playoff game – 40 (at San Francisco, 1/14/2012)
Most pass attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[42]
Most pass completions in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[42]
Most passing yards in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 466 (vs. Detroit, 1/7/2012)
Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception during the playoffs – 226 (January 21, 2007 – January 14, 2012)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 2+ Touchdown Passes – 7 (2006 – present) (tied with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana)
Most Playoff Games, 400+ yards passing – 3 (2011-2012)(Consecutive)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 450+ yards passing – 2 (2012)
Best Passing Touchdown to Interception ratio in postseason – 5.5-1 (22 TD Passes – 4 interceptions)
Best Completions to Interception ratio in postseason – 65.5-1 (262 Completions – 4 interceptions)
Best Passing Yards to Interception ratio in postseason – 745-1 (2,980 Passing Yards – 4 interceptions)
Best Passing Touchdown per Game Average, Postseason – 2.444 (22 TD Passes/9 postseason games)
Most consecutive postseason games with 30+ pass completions- 4 (2/7/2010–present)
Fastest player to reach for 40,000 career passing yards- 152 GP

UNSUCCESSFUL

But if that's not good enough for you:
Dan Fouts
Dan Marino
Jim Kelly
Warren Moon
Joe Namath
Ken Stabler
Brett Favre

All QBs in the Hall of Fame with zero or one Super Bowl wins....but yeah, you're right, those guys aren't successful.

 

[InjuredChoker]

i think it was sarcasm...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

This is essentially a retirement contract ,, Correct?

 

[InjuredChoker]

This is essentially a retirement contract ,, Correct?

i don't think so.

as mentioned

Technically a 5-year deal that voids after 2017

BUT, if the deal is voided after '17, it would leave saints with 18M in dead cap... this could've been avoided if this was just a retirement deal (and/or the saints really wanted to keep the cap number low... now brees still has leverage on his next deal, as he had in this one, that huge tag number. saints gained by getting brees at discount cap hit and if his game falls off, they can cut ties (though with hefty price) after 2 seasons.

 

[Roboturner913]

The auto-void is just a way to spread out some money over future years. For some reason if they didn't re-sign him in 2018 there would be $18 million dead money hit, then $12 million in 2019, and $6 million in 2020. I would say it's really really unlikely that he leaves the team before 2019 unless there is a catastrophic injury or something.

 

[Voight]

This is essentially a retirement contract ,, Correct?

Considering he said he wants to play another 4-5 years, no.