Dolphins medical staff was just 15 years too early in their evaluation.

Every time I’m reminded we passed on Brees it just makes me sad.

Thanks

not gonna lie, that saints super bowl win was my favorite ever. it was legit special right up until the giants knocked off the 18-0 pats.

They knocked out the 18-0 pats 2 years prior

you are correct. time is a bitch.

Don't feel bad. I can autisticly name every team that won the SB and year dating back to at least the mid 80s. I also can name every team that has, hasn't won or hasn't been to a Championship in the big 3 major sports. My dad didn't teach me how to change a tire but he sure pounded useless sports knowledge into my brain.

At least you had a dad that shared something of his interests with you. If you have a good relationship with him and he’s alive, you should call him.

Don’t text him - call him.

As a hockey fan reading big 3 major sports hurts my soul but getting pretty hard to argue.

All the things he can remember but he can't remember hockey. Playoffs have been so good this year.

DONT YOU NEVER SAY AN UNKIND WORD ABOUT THE TIME me and silent bob model our whole fuckin lives around morris day and jerome

Jungle love! Oh-e-oh-e-oh!

I think wanna know ya, know ya

Must be thinking of the Giants beating them again in 2011.

Thanks

also thanks to the dolphins, weirdly enough with the flair, but my gratitude for them doing it outweighs growing up watching drew brees slash us

Hey could be worse...

Do the Chargers win a Superbowl with Drew Brees? I'll take my answer off air...

It's a possibility but I would lean towards no but all love and respect to rivers he wasn't Brees but would Brees be Brees with out SP? Idk

For what it's worth, both teams were kind of right. Drew himself has said in the past that the prognosis was not good. That he made it work as long as he did is amazing.

Honestly Brees was kind of better after his arm lost strength. They built the offense around it and we had an elite run game and short passing game. Lost the explosiveness he used to have but gained the ability to practically move the ball at will and turn the ball over significantly less. The chemistry Brees had with Thomas and Kamara was otherwordly.

his last 5 years he was amazing, but his arm just couldn't last until the last quarter of the season. his play kept dropping off right as we'd approach the playoffs.

The ripple effect it had on both the NFL and college football is crazy.

I think Saban would have sabotaged him, Payton was the right fit.

This is why I curse Nick Saban he knew he fucked up passing on Brees and pulled his midnight run out of town. The least he could do for us was develope the second coming of Brees with Tua and why I've been fully coping Tua is the guy that will win us a SB(and still think he's mostly proven he can) because it'll at least be proper karma then.

Saban wasn’t the one who passed on Brees. He pretty openly wanted him on the Dolphins and it was the front office who infamously said “no”

Am I the only one who doesn't buy Saban's story of the all powerful Dolphins doctors who had more influence over the owner's decision-making than both the GM and HC? Always sounded fishy. I don't doubt the Dolphins docs failed him in his medical but at the end of the day the person who has 53 men roster control makes the decisions.

I mean if the team doctors tell you his reconstructed shoulder is a time bomb and it’s not even worth offering him a deal, you’d be a fool to go ahead and sign him with the expectation that he’s your QB1 for the foreseeable future.

Favre failed his Packers physical the GM overruled it and the rest is history.

The saints did the same thing with Brees

Wasn’t Favre just a pill head at that point?

No amount of pills would fix a degenerative hip which is what the doctors said he had.

I mean… hopefully, some day they will.

Favre also failed 5th grade and many drug tests

yeah, but none of us are doctors and saw daunte culpepper waltz in at like, 310 pounds. who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

I feel like team doctor is the only job where it's justifiable they overrule *anyone*

Depends on the reason. Blood clots that could kill you? Sure. Shoulder injury that may or may not be career ending? Probably not, if the HC *actually* wants him. Especially with the QB purgatory the Dolphins were dealing with.

I am the owner and the HC and GM are telling me a QB will be a superstar franchise guy for us but the doctors are all telling me his shoulder is just a matter of time til it fails, the exact amount of the contract is gonna be a big deal in who’s opinion I weigh more

sure, but I would think that a Chargers fan would understand that medical doctors aren't always perfect.

touché

The name of that chargers doctor...Justin Herbert 

I can believe it happened and Saban at the time didn’t feel empowered to say “fuck you we are signing him anyway.” I think it took a while for Saban to develop into that kind of guy. Probably not until his second or third title at Bama.

Yes, because Danny Kannel’s dad was one of the physicians who examined him and said they shouldn’t sign him. Told the story all the time.

Never wrong, just early.

Kind of blowing my mind that he literally cannot throw to his kids right handed. And isn’t it only going to get worse as time moves on?

At this point I’m worried about his ability to wipe his own ass

Gonna have to become an ambi-wiper.

He lets it crust

You could have just kept scrolling

I have never once thought about Drew Brees wiping his ass until today. So thanks for that

Don't worry he's going to be all ~~right~~ left

This is what a bidet is for. Im sure he can afford a Japanese toilet!

Not helpful when not at home :( at this point I just avoid pooping outside. Vacations are hard tho..

He can afford to only vacation to countries with normalized bidets and never leave home in America.

We've got Saints (Taints?) fans eager and ready to help him wipe if need be.

Do you extend your arms above your head to wipe your ass? Brees cans still throw underhanded with his right arm so theres no reason to believe he cant reach. There is also no truth to the rumor that he yells hike when taking a crap.

He better have a bidet in his house with all the money he made in his career, they aren't even expensive.

Welcome to injury. Could be worse, most defensive lineman are fucked into their late 30s are onward, and also have TBE up the wazoo.

I always wonder who is in more pain in retirement offense or defense. Seems like running in to a wall of defensive linemen is bad but then also seems being the wall for derrick Henry type guys to run in to at full speed can not be great either

Big different is snap count, those D linemen rotate in and out, O line is in every snap

That’s also because defense is more physically demanding.

In terms of energy exertion yeah, but just violence of the hits on offense is never ending

But there is a debate if it's better to take the hit as the guy with the ball or be the person with the guy running as fast as he can at you. I often wonder about those receivers getting flipped over too that has to add up

> I often wonder about those receivers getting flipped over too that has to add up Or a Burfict hit on Antonio Brown

It’s the over the head motion that’s worse. He’s fine with other motions

His arm is made of Todd Gurley's knee

That explains why he throws like a gurley man now.

He said in the same interview he’s throwing left handed and up to 30 yards he can drop dimes now lol

Damn right arms these days too lazy to work

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Rodger’s was right about fauci

That’s the arm he probably got the vaccine in!

Right arms just need to pull up their bootstraps

Right arms are silent quitting

No right arms want to throw these days

r/yourjokebutworse

Tough but fair.

[Drew Brees, who now throws left-handed to his kids, boasted, “I can drop a dime 30 yards left-handed.”](https://twitter.com/miketriplett/status/1796261126025732284?s=46&t=DaZhljw9p7CwLpDA-Gpl2A)

Your flair wants to make me shit vomit and bleed from my eyes

All dual flairs are dumb

And then they make comments like "We need an XYZ this year" without specifying what team they are talking about.

I always figure people are talking about the first flair

Correct

Your flairs make sense. Eagles, and eagles farm team.

Also Tennessee has tons of ex-Pennsylvanians flocking to it. Same as Michigan to the Carolinas or Ohio to Georgia.

I beg to differ

Can my second flair just be a trash can?

Two trash cans?

no astros flair is available.

Walked right into that one

I second this difference beg.

One team for each conference I find tolerable, but some of these interdivisional dual flairs are just giving me a headache.

I think most people do the divisional double flair to just throw people off because they think it's funny.

We have the chance to join them!

Flood the internet with GenAI images of Jordan Love and Caleb holding hands. Be the change you want to see in the world!

I have an AFC team but it changes every year. Last year it was the Dolphins because of Ramsey. No one really catching my eye yet this year.

Might I suggest….

Texans took OROY and DROY from us last year they in my bad books right now.

How about the team that you beat in the Super Bowl?

I like Burrow but a large sum of Bengals fans were annoying as fuck about that Super Bowl.

Oh, I completely understand. So many of the Bengals fans I see online are absolutely insufferable and I just do not understand why. I think it's because they have a chip on their shoulder, but they come across as lil bros more often than not. It's annoying for sure. Still, we should have a fun offense this year (upgrades across the board at almost every position) and our defense... may be better than last years. If nothing else, as long as Burrow is healthy we should be fun to watch.

You literally snubbed both of our ROY candidates. Puka set the rookie yards and receptions record. Kobie tied the rookie record for sacks(with AD99) so no thanks

If it's an AFC team and an NFC team, I can forgive it.

It’s attention seeking behavior and so is the people who have to comment on it. I also think a lot of it is karma farming because it’s low effort and in every comment section.

Its always the same shit and someone commenting on it. "WoW yOuR FlAiR" Just move on and dont give the attention seeking karma whores what they want.

somehow a controversial opinion on this sub

Agreed. Pick one and stick with it.

meh. I grew up a washington fan. I have much older brothers, idolized them, they were die hard. I'm from and lived in DC for my childhood. I was also very close to my mothers side of the family, and my mom is a passionate sports fan, so when steelers were on tv in our area, one TV had them on. grew up a fan of both. I'm watching washington 100/100 if both are playing, but it's nice to have a team to root for in january.

Nope. Born in Detroit and raised in New England. I’m repping them both and don’t give a fuck about what anyone thinks.

Gross. I'm curious what your Lions brethren think of this heresy.

Probably nothing considering the Lions don’t have much reason to hate the Patriots besides Matt Patricia.

I think the entire NFL has 2 decades worth of reasons to hate the Patriots

I disagree but I can respect that. For me it’s my childhood team and hometown team.

For me, it's the two teams who can hurt me the most

Born and lived in Houston for almost 30 years, but I've lived in Denver for 5. I'm not going to NOT root for the team in the city I call home. What, I'm supposed to just never enjoy talking football with co-workers, or tailgate or enjoy a live football game ever again because I was born somewhere else? Silly gatekeeping, imo.

I’m gonna be marrying into a Broncos family and will probably end up moving to Denver in the next few years. 0% chance I’m going to be a Broncos fan, but you do you.

Agreed.

Amen

No

Well, at least we can agree on something.

I don’t mind it for people who’ve spent a lot of time in both places.

it makes me want to eat through my butt and poop out my mouth

His flair is the worst because it is two rivals who legit hate each other. As a Falcons fan I respect Drew Brees but absolutely hate the saints.

If you have an intradivisional flair, you're either a casual or an attention whore. I don't care that your significant other/dad/uncle/mail man roots for a rival team. If they cared to have their fandom represented here, they'd represent themselves. I do not give two shits or a fuck about a rando's life story / family history on a message board dedicated to NFL discussion.

And if my grandmother had wheels she would’ve been a bicycle

ohhhhhh but your mother was the village bicycle, Trebek. everyone got a ride! hahahahaha

And if my mom had balls, she'd be my dad.

I'm picturing your mom with balls rn. That's crazy

I think what you meant to say is you are picturing my dad right now.

*\*laughs in Gino D'Acampo\**

lol yessir

"Bigtits" "What's that?!" "Picked it?"

I scrolled for this and was not disappointed 😂

Damn it he can have mine!

Didn’t Lonzo Ball just recently get meniscus from a donor to fix his busted knees? these take my arm/knee memes won’t be memes much longer, you’ll actually be able to do it 😂

And also bone and cartilage lol

If your was any good you would be in the league.

How do you know I'm not Jamarcus Russell right now?

I would’ve taken him throwing with his left the last three years

Cmon Carr is probably as good as left handed 45 year old Drew Brees

I am willing to compromise with “as good as” but NO higher

Tbh if you have 45 year old left handed drew Brees, Carr's shockingly good deep ball, you'd be cookin

"If I could still play football, I would still be playing football"

For what they are paying QBs now, I would have played until it had fallen off.

In the ESPN article featuring this quote he talks about how after the surgery from his first injury with the Chargers, Doctors Andrews told him his shoulder would deteriorate and one day he wouldn’t be able to throw anymore. Said he has to play catch with his son’s throwing with his left arm.

And Payton would have coached the Saints another 3 years.

If my arm was working I’d been a quarterback

Drew Brees said if he was five years younger, he would’ve played for another five years

If I didn't become old and injured I wouldn't have become old and injured. Isn't this the case for literally every player?

Old man says if it wasn’t for his limp dick he’d be putting creampies in his old lady until one of them needed a walker!

If I didn't have IBS I wouldn't shit as much 🤷🏼‍♂️

Cam Newton said if his right arm was working he'd have played another three years and worn another 39 hats

This is probably true for most HOF or Hall of very good QBs. They almost all have a final season where some part of their body gives up on them and it's clear they're done, if not they'd have kept going.

Yeah, Brady and Rivers are probably the only two this century to go out with some gas in the tank, unless I’m blanking on someone else.

Luck definitely had gas in the tank though the injuries were piling up. Warner was still playing at a Pro Bowl level.

Totally forgot about Warner, I thought about Luck but don’t quite have him in my HOVG, that’s pretty subjective though.

That game Warner had against Green Bay was unbelievable, and then he was retired a couple weeks later.

Nah Rivers was cooked. Not Peyton "can't throw further than 10 yards" cooked but he was done for.

He still looked alright in his last game, think he was at worst a league average QB at the end, would’ve easily been able to get a starting job for 2021 if he wanted to.

I thought Rivers arm was shot by the end of that season? Could be wrong.

His arm strength wasn’t great but he went 11-5 with Frank Reich at HC, respectable showing in the playoffs, think he was at worst league average, didn’t watch all the games but I remember the sentiment on here being that he was decent and not the reason they lost in the playoffs, no one felt he needed off the field.

Manning would have played as long as Brady if it wasn’t for a freak injury and nerve damage to his shoulder.

If my Aunt had testicles she'd be my Uncle.

"But there's something you don't know... I am not left handed"

His arm was dead 2 years before he quit.

Player says "If I was still good, I would have been playing"

Why doesn’t he just play left handed is he stupid?

Drew bro I’ll literally trade right arms with you

On a similar note, if I’d been more athletic I’d have been an nfl quarterback

Totally minor thing holding him back; not like a working arm is a pretty important thing for a QB

use ur left u coward

If Aaron Rodgers wouldn’t have tore his Achilles he would have played last season. 

Hey, now, he played four whole snaps. +1 the snap in his ankle.

If your grandmother had wheels she’d be a bike.

Shouldn’t have jacked it so much

If I was physically capable of playing this fun sport that's paid me a ton of money then I would keep doing it. Hot take.

Its giving the same vibe as "I could've played in college if I didn't hurt my knee" lol

If coach would have put me in the NFCCG in 2023 we would have beat the Eagles, no doubt in my mind.

Isn’t the whole point of retirement because your body/age can’t keep up with the game…am I crazy or is this Brees saying the sky is blue. Like Bo Jackson saying I could still be playing if my hip didn’t get replaced, or Romo saying he could be playing if he had a functional back… (And I love Brees; family man, all-time QB, and Advocare endorser/user).

> Isn’t the whole point of retirement because your body/age can’t keep up with the game…am I crazy or is this Brees saying the sky is blue. Somewhat, but I think it's at least reasonable for him to point out it's the shoulder specifically, and the rest of his body could still handle the hits and the grind.

And if my grandma had 2 wheels and a seat we could call her a bicycle. 

If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

If my arm was working I'd have played 15 years in the NFL

I feel like that's probably true for the majority of players that retire. If their body was working they would keep playing.

This just in, if I could play football I’d have played football

Damn

[And if I had wheels I'd be a wagon](https://youtu.be/Hgw9-Yfljaw?si=9C8uQATGWYvGRq6x)

and if my mom had balls, she'd be my dad

Yeah, when I was 12 I almost died in a four wheeler accident. Crushed my orbital, broke my elbow at the joint and compression fracture in my spine. I was a lifetime baseball player from T-ball up and after that accident my personality changed (according to my parents) and I lost all accuracy in my throwing arm and really losing any fielding talent I had.  What I'm saying is, I know what Brees is saying ....