Sentences with phrase «for brees»

For Brees the word is more than religion and spirituality, although it has been both of those, increasingly, through the years.

The central reason was for Brees to play quarterback, which he has done surpassingly well.

For Brees it was the culmination of a four - year climb to a place among the best quarterbacks in football, and for the Saints the crowning moment in a 44 - year romance with their home.

When his estranged mother ended her life in the summer of 2009, it took faith for Brees to embrace and understand the complicated and sometimes fleeting power of a family's love.

A long - term extension isn't likely for Brees.

The numbers for Brees support his belief that he hasn't slowed down at all.

The average season for Brees in his 11 years in New Orleans is a preposterous 4,888 yards, 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

The end came quick, and the reality is that it could strike just as fast for Brees.

The 2017 season is pivotal for Brees.

Huge numbers like that mean huge pressure for Brees, who told ESPN he appreciates all the effort to complete the contract.

Manning's five - year, $ 96 million deal with the Denver Broncos this spring provided a bench mark for Brees» deal.

So two years of franchise tags for Brees would mean roughly $ 39 million, which is where the guaranteed money conversation should start between the two sides.

It was a down year for Brees, statistically speaking.

Not exact matches

«Winning the Madden Bowl actually was really cool, especially since we had to drive down and I think we scored with about 16 seconds left,» said New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who won Madden Bowl XVIII and provided commentary onstage for Madden Bowl XX along with ESPN's Trey Wingo.

Brito (that's «BREE - toe») was working for Shell Oil and had been accepted to Stanford Business School but couldn't afford it.

Just seconds earlier, it had looked as though Drew Brees had decided the outcome, leading the Saints down the field while running the two - minute drill to perfection to set up New Orleans for the go - ahead field goal with just 29 seconds remaining.

Nick Foles threw for four touchdowns in one of the best quarterback fantasy performances of the week, outscoring more expensive options, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Matt Ryan.

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I'm trying to reserve judgement until the season actually is going but I can't bring myself to optimism going in with the front that let Brees have a good pocket all game and throw for 376 yards.

The Panthers defense will have a tougher task to get pressure on quarterback Drew Brees, which will definitely be a key to victory today for Carolina.

Drew Brees went 29 - for - 43 passing for 396 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during the New Orleans Saints» loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

The Colts failed to recover the subsequent onside kick and then allowed Drew Brees and the Saints to pick up a first down, which sealed the win for New Orleans.

But Brees only threw for more than 300 yards in three games this season.

Passing yards for Drew Brees of the Saints, who last Saturday became the second quarterback to have consecutive 4,000 - yard seasons.

With the Saints» falling to LA, Drew Brees» odds have taken a hit, but his stats are certainly still good enough for him to linger around if Brady or Wentz has a bad day.

Last November he bit his lip when the Chargers benched his friend, quarterback Drew Brees, and replaced him with veteran Doug Flutie for six games.

On the season, Brady's 111.7 passer rating is tops in the league, with Wentz's 104.0 slightly behind Brees and Alex Smith for fourth best.

Brees, we're told, has never asked for $ 21 million.

There was never much doubt quarterback Drew Brees would stay with the New Orleans Saints for at least one more year, but the team sure cut it close.

For some reason rumors were flying on Wednesday and again on Thursday morning that Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints were nearing an agreement on a new contract.

He completed 63 % of his throws, threw eight touchdowns with one interception — he had 117 straight attempts without an interception to end the year — and had a lofty 104.9 passer rating, the best for 2009 of any quarterback besides Drew Brees and Brett Favre.

Brees, who has not yet signed his franchise tender or showed up for any of the team's offseason workouts, faces a deadline of July 16 to complete a long - term contract with the team or else he must play out the 2012 season under the franchise tag, which will pay him over $ 16 million.

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson released a statement congratulating Brees and the organization's front office for the five - year, $ 100 million contract that the quarterback signed Friday.

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Any negotiations with Brees for a long - term deal, which must be reached by a July 15 deadline, might be put on the back burner while the team deals with the fallout.

A 62 - yard interception return for a touchdown by Tashaun Gipson in the second quarter proved to be the undoing of Drew Brees and the Saints.

I'm not sure how then you could exclude Brees and keep Manning unless the only metric is «that time Peyton threw for 55 TDs and 5500 yards was a lot better than that time Brees threw for 46 TDs and 5500 yards.»

Brees goes down to H2O and Daniels gets «Chased» all over the field, throwing a couple of picks and reviving our defense for the long haul.

It looked like their luck was about to run out when Saints quarterback Drew Brees hit his wide receiver Willie Snead for a 22 - yard gain with just over five minutes left in the second quarter.

Drew Brees is all alone at 3rd with a 96 rating, while Russell Wilson is tied with Tom Brady for 4th with a 93 rating.

To me it's Brady (didn't play first year), Rodgers (didn't play for 3 or 4 years), and Brees (didn't play first year).

To continue to be the quarterback for the Saints, Brees can't just stick around as his stats dwindle.

Brees dealt with minor knee problems in 2010 and 2013 and had shoulder and foot injuries in 2015, but for the most part, he's stayed healthy.

Behind DeAngelo Williams» two touchdowns and 210 rushing yards, the Carolina Panthers ended their season on a high note, holding on for an impressive 44 - 38 win on the road to defeat Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints.

Time will tell but when TB Brees and Big Ben hang it up soon, I truly believe we're looking at Rodgers and Ryan dueling for MVP honors.

Drew Brees will turn 39 in January and, for now, he's set to become a free agent a couple of months after his birthday.

New Orleans will need to start looking for a quarterback of the future, and if Brees takes a step backward, moving on from the passer could be a realistic option in the 2018 or 2019 offseason.

For precisely that reason Tampa Bay's Olson arranged for his second - year quarterback, Josh Freeman, to spend a week with Brees last summer in San Diego, soaking up the effort (but not discussing schemes, since they play in the same divisioFor precisely that reason Tampa Bay's Olson arranged for his second - year quarterback, Josh Freeman, to spend a week with Brees last summer in San Diego, soaking up the effort (but not discussing schemes, since they play in the same divisiofor his second - year quarterback, Josh Freeman, to spend a week with Brees last summer in San Diego, soaking up the effort (but not discussing schemes, since they play in the same division).

From the high school practice in Uptown, Brees stops briefly at home to swap a Saints golf shirt for a dress shirt and sport coat, and then rushes off to Brennan's restaurant in the French Quarter for a meeting of what he calls his Quarterback Club, a group of nine New Orleans businessmen brought together by Brees to pool their creativity and wealth.

Brees remains behind for two extra days because there is more to his work than throwing touchdown passes.