Sentences with phrase «when brees»

When Brees blew out a knee in 11th grade and college recruiters largely abandoned him, it took faith to believe he would someday play college football.

The two played together for five seasons; when Brees needed a throwing partner on an off - season afternoon, it was often Tomlinson he'd call.

So on that February night in Miami, when Brees took a knee to finish the Super Bowl, Tomlinson felt a deep kinship.

Sean Payton bristles when Brees is described as an overachiever.

No matter when that is, the Saints already have $ 18 million in dead money scheduled to hit the books when Brees departs.

Not exact matches

The CEO said one of his biggest wins as a company leader came when NFL quarterback Drew Brees took a photo of his Topgolf score and posted it on Snapchat.

When you run the ultimate sports bar, and Drew Brees is one of your owners, putting together the «Ultimate Louisiana Football Weekend» seems like a natural.

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.

While exact details haven't been reported, it looks like Brees has a similar cap hit to 2017, when he made $ 19 million.

Just about every sportsbook in the country had the Saints open up as 3 - point favorites, but the Supercontest lines came out when Drew Brees» status was still up in the air.

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.

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.

So when Goodell flew with the Thunderbirds during Super Bowl week in 2009, he told his pilot, «I've got to do 9 G's, and I can't pass out or throw up, or Drew Brees will never let me hear the end of it.»

When the Super Bowl was finished late on that Sunday night, Brees grabbed his one - year - old son, Baylen, and hoisted him skyward into the shower of confetti.

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.

The Miami Dolphins showed interest but lowballed Brees when team doctors were skeptical about his chances of coming back.

The new Brees kept Rivers at bay for two years; then in the last game of the 2005 season Brees was trying to recover his own fumble when he was driven into the turf by Broncos defensive tackle Gerard Warren.

Three true freshmen QBs — Drew Brees from Texas, Jim Mitchell from Missouri and Ben Smith from Nebraska — were watching from behind the huddle when Tiller shouted, «Give me one of those young guys to run with the [first team]!»

In Brees's best - selling memoir, Coming Back Stronger, published last July, he wrote of his marriage to the former Brittany Dudchenko, 34, whom he met in 1999 when both were students at Purdue,»... when I put the ring on Brittany's finger, I said, «For better or for worse, till death do us part.»

Two of the league's most entertaining quarterbacks will be squaring off on Sunday when Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers travel to New Orleans to take on Drew Brees and the high - octane Saints offense in this NFC South matchup.

When Drew Brees has the ball late with timeouts, good things typically happen.

Drew Brees is 19 - 11 ATS as a member of the Saints when avenging a divisional loss.

That was the 2000 campaign, when the Boilers went 8 - 4 and won the Big Ten behind senior quarterback Drew Brees.

«Not to take anything away from Tom Brady and Drew Brees, but when Marino did it, it was so much harder.

Brees was at a Jimmy John's franchise he owns in Metaire, La., eating some sandwiches and signing some autographs before he signed his contract when the Associated Press caught up with him to talk about the negotiations:

I tend to shy away from the favorites when it comes to betting statistical leaders, but given the parity at the top of this list, there is value in going with a guy like Brees or Ryan.

Saints veteran Luke McCown starred in ubiquitous Verizon commercials highlighting the noble dreams of the lowly backup, then lived out that script when Drew Brees missed a start with a shoulder injury.

It takes remarkable durability, consistency and proficiency, three things in which Brees has excelled since making a once - doubtful return to form when he was unceremoniously dumped from the Chargers, the team against which he broke the record, and picked up by the Saints.

Brees, hell he was probably on his last chance to have an NFL career, the Chargers already drafted his replacement at the top of the draft, they were ready to give up on Brees when he finally broke out.

Drew Brees and the Saints aren't home dogs very often but when they are the team covers.

They worked well together, especially when Durkin introduced Drew Brees to TRX exercises.