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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) makes a throw in the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 2020. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports| Credit: Reuters
USA Today via Reuters
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) makes a throw in the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 2020. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports| Credit: Reuters
Brees broke the hearts of millions of NFL fans while answering a question recently about his future in football.
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Drew Brees breaks hearts
Drew Brees joined the football program of his alma mater Purdue University, as an interim assistant coach. This happened after the Boilermakers lost Jeff Brohm as the head coach after the 2022 regular season. The Boilermakers are through to the Big Ten title game for the first time in their history, but will have to do it with a coaching team in transition. But will the fans see him as an NFL coach in the near future?
“No,” Brees said on the question of coaching in the future. “This is just a short-term thing, and like I said, this came about just with Coach Brohm leaving and us being in a position where we were trying to fill the gap,” the Saints’ legend added.
Saints legend Drew Brees has been hired as an interim assistant coach at his alma mater, Purdue. pic.twitter.com/mPbWOewpUF
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 15, 2022
Well, that admission is surely going to break many hearts, especially of the Saints fans. They would have loved to get their Super Bowl champion quarterback to go for the Vince Lombardi trophy, this time with a headset on. Maybe they can convince Brees to change his mind in the future, after the Citrus Bowl.
A career overview
Drew Brees spent most of his NFL career in New Orleans. After spending five seasons with the San Diego Chargers, who picked him in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft, Brees joined the Saints before the 2006 season. He established himself as a legendary figure in New Orleans, guiding the Saints to a Super Bowl win in 2010.
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Brees had a great record in the regular NFL seasons. The QB leading his teams to 172 wins out of 287 games in his career. But his postseason record is a bit mixed. The legend won nine out of the 18 postseason games he played in his career.
Brees threw 80,358 passing yards in the 20 seasons he played in the NFL. The QB scored 571 passing touchdowns in his career. The opposing defenses intercepted just 243 of his more than ten thousand pass attempts. His career completion percentage stood at 67.7%.
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Brees hung up his cleats after the 2020 season, 20 years after joining the NFL and exactly 15 years after signing for the Saints. Will he really never coach?
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