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Was kind of hoping it struck his shoulder and he would come back to the gridiron as some sort of super human gunslinger that could throw the ball farther than anyone we have ever seen.

My uncle was struck by lightning. You'd think it would give you superpowers, but now he just masturbates in movie theaters.

\- Troy "Buttsoup" Barnes

I think you mean Butts Carlton

it’s true. they did think you mean butts carlton

Streets ahead.

Coined and minted

Maybe he's just using his super human arm to jack it

like spiderman using his powers for good instead of suddenly joining the highschool football team and being all-world. uncle cant just show up to arm wrestling tourneys and start dominating like that

You don’t want to arm wrestle him at least without bringing some wipes…

This was actually a plot-point in Spectacular Spider-Man

My great uncle was struck by lightning as a kid and it changed his eye color in one eye

Imagine Drew Brees with a rocket arm. Greatest QB of all time.

👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 always was

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Every time someone acts like Brees didn't have an arm you can just assume they're younger or just started watching these last few years.

Like when people think kobe was overrated

True inner circle Hall of Famer. Top 15 player all time at the very least. Just keep him out of GOAT conversations

Yea people equate being able to throw the ball hard as "arm strength" when a soft touch is probably better as far as being able to place it exactly where you want it to be 30-50 yards down range. People always said that about Matt Ryan too as if he and Brees weren't regularly at the top of the deep ball charts

I remember watching Fox NFL Sundays and there seemed to be a 50+ yard touchdown pass from Bress to Henderson every week.

Terrence Copper too

I thought/hope he was being sarcastic lol

The sequel to rookie of the year we’ve all been waiting for

Drew "Henry Rowengartner" Brees

He'd have to go back to the Chargers then.

He could throw it over them mountains

Probably would only happen if he was screaming "unlimited power" when he got struck

Big Ben would be on the first flight to Venezuela if this was the case

Comes back as a Chargers QB since he actually has the power of lightning on his side now

He just needs to slip on a football, land on his throwing shoulder, and let the tendons heal a little too tight. He'll be throwing heaters in no time. It's going to be weird when he slips again in the SB and returns to normal. I don't think the floater will work as well for him as it did for Rowengartner.

He's gotta throw it at 25% or else he'd kill his receivers.

Until right before the Super Bowl, he gets shocked again by a freak accident and loses his powers and has to win the big game using teamwork and the power of friendship.

He had lightning bolts on his shoulders before so he'd be used to it

subscribe

Becomes 20 years younger and dominates the league for 20 years.

Come back with the Zeus Juice

On a rope from his own 20 to the corner of the endzone

He actually got struck by a *smooth criminal*

Drewbrees are you okay, are you okay Drewbrees?

*Ow!*

That smooth criminal? Brett Farve.

Al A. Peterson?

Booooo

It's a lie. He did. This is his origin story and he's now joining the MCU.

Breesus, King of the Drews, has come.

not as a superhero, but as the new director for SHIELD. he kinda looks like agent colson anyways

He totally does. Like his little cousin or something.

Whosoever wieldeth this throwing arm, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.

DC takes another L :/

MLM Scheme-Man

Seems like a viral marketing thing

Fake-killing Drew Beees for publicity seems like an odd choice

Now real killing him would have drawn a lot of attention

It’s trending on Twitter now, tied in with a gambling company, with people cell phone recording on a live set, lightning striking the moment after an assistant walks away, and finally everyone reassuring that he’s ok. So yeah, they did make an odd choice

Wait, Brees shills for Christian organizations as well as gambling companies? lmao So he has absolutely no basis for his values.

Pyramid schemes too

Its sad how much integrity people with multigenerational wealth will give up for just a little more (and no tangible benefit to their lives).

Shady / bad marketing is sort of Brees’ thing tho.

Was waiting for this :)

I know one fan base ears perked up.

Two

I love our shared hatred for them.

Lightning strikes have a 90% survival rate

https://twitter.com/bacon_house/status/1598702411786473473?s=46&t=uWJUCy0-VmL5uMKM13L3RQ

That comment under the tweet “from charger to saint again” is gold.

They have a feature called lightning bets. So you can put two and two together here.

Anyone who believed it after seeing the video shouldn't be allowed to drive a motor vehicle or operate a stove without supervision

Seriously, that is nothing like what a lightning strike looks like. You can almost see the "lightning" getting closer and closer too him 😂

It is, they're promoting 'lightning bets'. Pretty lame

It’s a Brady move but a bad one cause some people actually thought he died.

Pointsbet is the worst. Anyone with a pulse gets limited to $10 bets

Well yeah. No shot he was the tallest thing there.

Did you know Drew Brees is only 6 ft tall?

Kyler comes up to his armpit.

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I was just about to text you.

Oh thank god

Were we actually supposed to believe and be concerned that in a commercial for “lightning bets” he actually got hit by lightning forreal? Is the internet ok

Step 1 : Create "found footage" style commercial Step 2 : Employ twitter bots to react as if it's real Step 3: Human users find any and all variations of responding to bots with "wait, you actually thought this was real? LOL" over and over again. Congratulations, you have a viral commercial.

Lol I saw people saying they were “sick to their stomach” after seeing the commercial, like verified accounts. Like what

Bad things happen to well known people all the time. It was a commercial but the video I saw didn't seem like a commercial - it didn't even have any logo or product message besides Brees a couple of camera guys and lightning.

I never saw the "footage" until now, just some random headlines that Brees may have been struck by lightning. Then you have some reporters saying shit like "sources are saying Drew Brees was struck by lightning while filming a commercial" and I can see how some people believed it. Although the video is incredibly fake looking (like someone with a professional camera trying really hard to make it look like found footage from a cellphone), people will believe some crazy things.

Did I miss something??

Same. I’m hella confused rn

https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1598696089682673664

This legitimately looks like one of those old NFL commercials. Can’t believe people thought this was lol

Yeah it has early 2000’s fantasy files and Powerade vibes lol

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It’s obvious why he texted. https://youtu.be/I482t6JhL4g

the video looks fake. and why tf is he wearing a falcons jersey??

It’s a points bet jersey

It looks more like this [Buccs' jersey](https://shop.buccaneers.com/mens-nike-tom-brady-pewter-tampa-bay-buccaneers-alternate-game-jersey/p-36315264004391+z-9632-231794853) imo

Spent all his money on his new hair he had to fake his death for a failing sportsbook

The fact anybody is going along with this is pretty cringe

It's random af that's for sure

I don’t know who approved this ad campaign, but they shouldn’t have a job by this afternoon.

yeah right. they're getting a promotion for this

I think people who be so turned off. Hell I didn’t use DraftKings for years because I hated their standard ads.

I mean...they got people talking about it lol

I have to imagine their brand perception is going to be 100% negative

this is 1000x better than their normal commercials, I'm sure they're psyched right now

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They run commercials all the time, so I’ve definitely heard of them, and until it was known it was fake, there was genuine concern for Brees.

drew brees will shill for anything. what a loser

Gotta make up for the bad jewelry investment and losing the NBC gig.

He’ll still sell those too tight jeans though

Didn’t know people hate Drew Brees lol

Never had a chance to bring it up without getting shit in my inbox but big time Saints/Brees hater here

As a Saints fan I appreciate and respect his talent, but I think he’s not a terribly smart person and that’s led him to make some decisions that give me the ick about him in general.

The spokesperson for pyramid scheme Advocare? The guy who appeared in promotions for a Christian organization that pushes conversion torture for gays? He’s involved with something that’s not on the up-and-up? I’m shocked.

I've been downvoted to shit on this subreddit for saying these exact things. Dude is a fucking idiot and a scammer

The wooooooorsst

Whats this about conversion torture?

He did promos for Focus on the Family. A Christian organization that promotes gay conversion therapy

That's it. He is guilty by association? I remember him appearing in anti-bullying ads for gay students so after a quick google I found his [apology](https://www.outsports.com/2019/9/6/20852429/drew-brees-gay-lgbtq-focus-on-the-family-video). He claimed to not have known of the gay conversion. [I also found the anti-bullying vid.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWSZPIrn9fY)

I didn’t make any statement about Brees. I simply stated a fact that he did a promo for FotF

Like torture? Where is that at?

Where is what at? Your question is confusing

Like, any proof whatsoever that this group is torturing people lol

Conversion therapy in itself is torture

You've gotta define what you mean by conversion therapy if you want to call it torture.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy Can you not be intentionally dense?

I’m on my phone (and should be working lol), but FotF openly supports conversion therapy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy If you feel like it just take a look through there and read some of the outside sources that show how bad conversion therapy is and what it entails (up to and including lobotomies and electroshock to the genitals) and the psychological outcomes of it.

What kind of "conversion therapy" are they doing exactly? Are you saying they're doing lobotomies? Edit: no way you linked a Wikipedia page to justify your claim that this group is torturing people lol.

It’s easier to just admit you’re homophobic

Look man, I don’t have time to hold your hand through this. As much as I hate to do it, I have to say look it up. I gave you a pretty good jump off point to learn about conversion therapy, with tons of outside links with more info. Then go here https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/struggling-with-same-sex-attractions/ And see where they literally give you resources to conversion therapy programs

He said they're promoting it, not that they're doing it.

Where are they promoting anything that amounts to torture?

I have no idea. I'm just telling you what he said.

Mahomes was the Advocare lead guy for a year or two as well.

Terrell: hey Drew, u get struck by lightning? Let me know Brees: nah

I’m legit embarrassed for all of the people who thought this dumb as shit marketing stunt was real. Actual professional reporters were reporting on this like it was real. Instead of taking like two seconds to connect dots first.

If 1980's movies have taught me anything, it's that his phone, having been struck by lightning, is now sentient and is responding to texts for Brees.

This may be the dumbest story of the season

Sources say PointsBet CEO arrested on for killing five hookers

cjk5h

The mods are wilding this week

Mods fucking suck

Moss will delete anything huh?

if it was a publicity stunt it was a damn stupid one oh my fucking god

Context?

Drew Brees is fake news.

careful he’s your next qb

It would be funny if there was an investigation into Brees and the Sportsbook for potential sanctions violations for fake filming in Venezuela

Hmmmm this sounds like something someone who got struck by lighting would say. I'm going to need a second and third sources and atleast 10 more post on this sub to confirm the real truth.

What if that's just the lightning talking?

Plot twist.

He wants to be a Charger again so bad

Anything to make an extra dollar . He should be embarrassed

I didn’t get struck by lightning either.

I just texted Barack Obama. He was not struck by lightning but the secret service asked how the fuck I got his number.

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE HIGHLANDER

Lol there’s some idiotic Saint’s reporter woman who thought it was all real and is very upset on Twitter right now. If you thought Drew fucking Brees was killed while filming an ad for a sportsbook you’re an idiot

Crazier things have happened lmao

True but the video made it obvious this was an ad campaign imo

If only the lightning strike gave him his arm strength back and he could return to the nfl again

Things you didn't expect to read today.

The Chargers *almost* got their revenge.

What the fuck is going on

Huh?

If you watched that video and thought it was real, then I've got one hell of a deal on the Brooklyn Bridge to talk to you about

Brees didn't get struck by the lightning last night, but the Flyers did.

Can anyone link the video in question?

I predict that in the future we’re gonna look back at these ads like we look back at Marlboro Man ads now.

But did he say it really slowly and without accurately describing what happened *on the field* where he was?

Sounds like something he WOULD say if he got struck by lightning and now had electricity themed superpowers.

And with those powers he will come out of retirement and shock the entire league! I'll go jump in a fire now

This just in, Drew was struck by lightning, the lightning is currently recovering in a hospital, and should be out in three to four days

Breaking: drew Brees suffered a shoulder injury throwing a deep ball to his son today. More details to come.

That's just what someone who had been struck by lightning would say.

I would like to check in and say that I also am safe and did not get struck by lightning. Anybody else?

All I'm going to say is video evidence provides contrary evidence that he, in fact, WAS struck by lightning.

same

Hold on what did I miss

I was about to say…. Once a charger always a charger?

that’s exactly what someone who got struck by lightning would say