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He didn’t really have much to add as Mike Tirico set the stage for the game. I felt like Brees was still finding his way through a broadcast. I’ll break down what I saw and heard as I watched the game. There have been rumors that NBC would like to see him in this type of role going forward. I went back to watch the NBC broadcast of the Irish and Boilermakers to get a better idea about Brees as a color commentator.

Then last week, he had to call a college football game, Notre Dame facing his alma mater of Purdue. Brees was watching it from a television monitor. Opening week of the NFL season, his Saints put a whooping on the Green Bay Packers. It’s all part of a lot of firsts for Brees in his post football career and new media gig. Baby steps for an analyst, but important steps none the less. I get that, you have to be careful, especially as Brees points out he still has relationships with many of his former teammates. I’m sure he was thinking and his bosses probably were too, if he takes a glancing shot at his team, that leaves every other team in the league open to his words. Not a bad start by Brees, who may still be trying to find himself and his style in the early moments of his new endeavor. He then added: “These Carolina Panthers came ready to play.” That’s all he had to say, but in a few short sentences he’d said a lot about his former team. There was no run game, they got after Jameis Winston,” Brees said. “The Carolina defense completely shut them down today. In his role on Football Night in America, he’s criticizing former teams and teammates that he just played with last season. His early work is being met with mixed reviews, but what can really be expected of a guy that just stepped off the football field? It’s one thing to be a good subject for an interview, it’s another to be the person on the other side of things and having to analyze and also interview. He also was the MVP of the Saints’ Super Bowl XLIV victory.īrees is a rookie again, and under the microscope in a high-profile job. He is also second in career touchdown passes. In spite of all the doubters, Brees retired as the NFL leader in career pass completions, career completion percentage and regular season passing yards. He joined the Saints in 2006 and led them to nine playoff runs, seven division titles (including four straight from 2017 to 2020), three NFC Championship Game appearances and the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XLIV.

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He slipped because of a perceived arm strength issue and his smaller than a pro quarterback stature (6’0”).Īfter 5 seasons with the Chargers, they allowed him to leave via free agency.

Even with all those accolades to his credit, he wasn’t taken until the first pick of the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. During his college career Brees set two NCAA Records, 13 Big Ten records and 19 Purdue marks. He received offers from only two schools, Purdue and Kentucky. He was voted the Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996. Brees overcame the injury and led his football team to a state championship with a 16-0 record. It was said that he considered playing baseball in college, but after an ACL tear his junior year, most recruiters shied away from him. Brees didn’t even play tackle football until high school, and his freshman year, he lettered in baseball, basketball and football. His dad played basketball at Texas A&M and his mom was a former all-state athlete in three sports while in high school. Brees was born in Dallas to parents with athletic backgrounds.

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