Report: Saints offer Brees record contract
Drew Brees would make more than Peyton Manning's $19.2 million a year. (AP Photo)
The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that the team and Brees are close to a five-year deal that would pay him between $19.2 million and $20 million a year — surpassing the $19.2 million a year the Denver Broncos are paying Peyton Manning.
The two sides have until July 16 to reach an agreement. If they don’t, Brees will have to play the final year of his contract at a meager $16.4 million under the franchise tag the team has applied to him. And he’d have to wait until after the season to negotiate a new deal.
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Really?
July 10th, 2012
9:54 am
Brees better than Aaron Rogers? Really? Don’t think so, and I am not a fan of either one of them. And, Rogers plays for a team that plays straight up and has classy fans. The Saints are known cheaters, and Saints fans – zero class. I have been to the dome and seen both sets of fans. Packer fans wear silly cheese hats. Saints fans are thugs with no class and no clue. And apparently no life.
Oh you are a Saints fan?
July 10th, 2012
9:56 am
It’s amazing how Saints fans are everywhere since they won the SuperBowl. When they go 8-8 this year, they’ll go back to being Dallas Cowboy fans like they were before. A bunch of bandwagon riding frauds.
DogTheMan
July 10th, 2012
9:59 am
To all you HATERS out there. Is someone is willing to pay you that kind of money, you are worth that kind of money.. End of story!!
Bird watcher
July 10th, 2012
10:08 am
He’s worth every penny,when he plays the Falcons! He’s great when he plays other teams,but when he plays the Falcons,he’s the best to ever play the game!
FalconsFan
July 10th, 2012
10:08 am
Of all the Saints fans I’ve ever met about 10% had class, the rest are down right ghetto!!!!!!!!!!!
Slaphead
July 10th, 2012
10:16 am
Good. My hatred of the Saints aside, the Saints are nothing without Brees and he is really truly one of the good guys in the NFL. Good to see the Saints step up and pay him his true value.
PMC
July 10th, 2012
10:22 am
Brees is better than Manning right now (results) and I’m a Falcons fan. He was a likeable guy until this year, but he deserves every dime he gets paid and it should be more than Manning.
Dave H.
July 10th, 2012
10:30 am
So much for small market New Orleans not having the capital to support an NFL team, right? Wasn’t the team owner (Benson) seeking all kinds of handouts from the city, state and league?
SeenThisB4atSmellyfishhouse
July 10th, 2012
10:37 am
He sure is a greedy lil beotch
NW ATL 4 LIFE
July 10th, 2012
10:45 am
@ Dave H.
No, Tom Benson has enough capital (credit) to support the team. Face it, New Orleans is a broke city, always has been and always will be. Not even touching on how stupid yall are, all you guys are good for is cooking a good meal and getting wasted. When it comes to actually getting money and doing productive things, the entire N.O. metro is a novice at best. I saw this first hand after Katrina when FEMA and other govt. agencies were handing out gravy train contracts to any moron with an LLC and a business plan, and none of the idiot locals down there took advantage of it. All you needed to do was fill out a bid packet and you were good to go, s_rew if you actually knew how to do the work that was asked, and all the locals wanted to do down there was drink and party. So lo and behold contractors from ATL, Texas, and Florida went down there and got rich, right in your own backyard, and most of the time they didnt even do the work. New Orleans people are some of the lasziest, no money getting, brokest people in the country. Both black and white, it doesnt matter down there, everybody is a lazy bum…..
GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!
Really?
July 10th, 2012
10:48 am
Drew- give us all a break. Brady, Rodgers, and both Mannings are better QB’s than Drew Brees. He is a great QB but go sell that “best QB in the NFL” somewhere else!
MJ
July 10th, 2012
10:52 am
That is way too much money, but Brees is good. I am a Falcons fan so I want to Atlanta to make it this year and beat New Orleans this time around. Go Falcons!!
Devil's Advocate
July 10th, 2012
10:55 am
Anyone who says an athlete or entertainer doesn’t deserve a certain amount of money based on principle is not a supporter of the free market or capitalism in general. That is all.
willieghatesthesaints
July 10th, 2012
10:55 am
the saints have won a superbowl falcons have not and probably never will but no man alive is eorththat much money look moron saint ownership jesus worked for free.
willieghatesthesaints
July 10th, 2012
11:00 am
the falcons need nasty players like harvey dshl they didnt sjgn.ssints win now we know becsuse of bounty money made players work much harder for little extra money falcons and saints will be in 3rd and 4th this year csrolina and tampa bay will be much better.
Stumpknocker
July 10th, 2012
11:02 am
Sooner or later nature will take it’s course and wipe that (below sea level) septic pool off the face of the earth.
willieghatesthesaints
July 10th, 2012
11:04 am
and no matter how much they pay brees they wont br in super bowl because no team has ever hosted a super bowl its s jinx last yr indy look what happened there peyton hurt brees can make 500 million they wont be in sb this year a dead lock fact put the world on it.
willieghatesthesaints
July 10th, 2012
11:04 am
because i am
Drew Brees
July 10th, 2012
11:10 am
Brees holds several league and team records in the NFL
[edit] National Football League records
Single season passing leader – 5,476 yards (2011)
Highest completion percentage, season – 71.2% (2011)
Most Seasons with 5000+ passing yards – 2 (2008 & 2011)
Most completions in a season – 468 (2011)
Most 400+ completion seasons, career – 4 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Most consecutive 400+ completion seasons, career – 2 (2007-2008; 2010-2011)
Most consecutive 350+ completion seasons, career – 6 (2006-2011)
Most consecutive seasons with 4000+ passing yards – 6 (2006-2011; tied with Peyton Manning)
Most consecutive seasons with 4000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 4, 2008-current
Most games with 5+ touchdown passes, career – 7
Most games with 5+ touchdown passes and no interceptions, career – 5
Highest completion percentage, career, for players with 2,500+ attempts – 65.94% (3,613/5,479)
Most seasons with 70% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season) – 2 (2009 & 2011)
Most games with 30+ completions and 80% pass completion rate, career – 4
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 12
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 10
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 3 (tied with Ben Roethlisberger and Brett Favre)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 10 (2011)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) – 33
Most games, 250+ yards passing, season – 16 (2011)
Most 300+ yard passing games in a season – 13 (2011)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games – 7 (2011-Present) (Weeks 10,12,13,14,15,16,17; 2011)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games (regular season and postseason combined)– 9 (2011-Present)
Most games, 350+ yards passing, career – 29
Most games, 350+ yards passing, season – 8 (2011)
Most consecutive games with 350+ yards passing – 4 (Weeks 3,4,5,6; 2011)
Most passing yards in a season in away games – 2,852 (2011)
Most consecutive 400+ yard passing games – 2 (postseason games 2012) – tied with several other players
Most consecutive games with 450+ yards passing – 2 (postseason games 2012)
Most games with 400 yards passing and no interceptions, career – 6 (4 regular season, 2 postseason)
Most games with 20+ completions, season – 16 (2010 & 2011)
Most consecutive games with at least 20 completions – 36 (2009-Present) [22]
Most games with 30+ completions, season – 9 (2011)
Most games with 30+ completions, career – 29
Most games with 30+ completions and no interceptions, career – 14
Most games with 39+ completions, career – 3 (1 regular season, 2 playoff games)
Most passing completions per game, career – 23.4 comp/game
Most passing attempts per game, career – 35.5 att/game
Most passing yards per game, career – 263.7 yards/game
Most passing completions per game, season – 29.25 comp/game (2011)
Most passing yards per game, season – 342.25 yards/game (2011)
Highest post-season completion percentage, career – 66.8%
Lowest post-season interception percentage, career – 0.70%
Most completions in a Super Bowl – 32 (Super Bowl XLIV; tied with Tom Brady)
Most completions in a playoff game – 40 (at San Francisco, 1/14/2012)
Most pass attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[23]
Most pass completions in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[23]
Most passing yards in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 466 (vs. Detroit, 1/7/2012)
Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception during the playoffs – 226 (January 21, 2007-January 14, 2012)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 2+ Touchdown Passes – 7 (2006-Present) (tied with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana)
Most Playoff Games, 400+ yards passing – 3 (2011-2012)(Consecutive)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 450+ yards passing – 2 (2012)
Best Passing Touchdown to Interception ratio in postseason – 5.5-1 (22 TD Passes – 4 interceptions)
Best Completions to Interception ratio in postseason – 65.5-1 (262 Completions – 4 interceptions)
Best Passing Yards to Interception ratio in postseason – 745-1 (2,980 Passing Yards – 4 interceptions)
Best Passing Touchdown per Game Average, Postseason – 2.444 (22 TD Passes/9 postseason games
First quarterback in NFL History to surpass 3,000 passing yards by Week 9. (3,004 yards in 2011)[31]
First quarterback in NFL History to surpass 4,000 passing yards in the first 12 games. (4,031 yards in 2011)[32]
First quarterback in NFL History to surpass 5,000 passing yards in the first 15 games. (5,087 yards in 2011)
First player in NFL history to pass for 5,000 yards in a season twice (2008 & 2011)
First player in NFL history to complete 70% of passes in a season twice (2009 & 2011)
First player in NFL history to pass for 400 completions in a season more than once (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Led NFL in passing yards three times (2006, 2008, 2011)
Led NFL in touchdown passes three times (2008, 2009, 2011)
Led NFL in completions three times (2007, 2008, 2011)
Led NFL in completion percentage three times (2009, 2010, 2011)
Led NFL in passer rating in 2009 (109.6)[33]
not telling
July 10th, 2012
11:18 am
Houston’s and Atlanta’s crime rate jumped at least 30% when the no good NO scumbags invaded. GO HOME.
Message for New Orleans Fans/Natives
July 10th, 2012
11:36 am
Not Telling, you’re exactly right. Please, all football talk aside….ANYONE LIVING IN ATLANTA THAT IS FROM NEW ORLEANS MOVE BACK AND GO TO YOUR OWN NEWS PAPER BLOG TO BRAG ABOUT THE SAINTS! Go home with your nasty accent having, thug hoodlum crime committing savage a$$es! The city of Atlanta did more for the city of New Orleans than any other city in the Country and Atlanta has enough freeloaders as it is. A thanks would be nice!
Message for New Orleans Fans/Natives
July 10th, 2012
11:37 am
Oh, Google “Heineken Beer Looter Guy”…..that’s the real New Orleans there
CJ
July 10th, 2012
11:42 am
The DEAD BIRDS are really some sad and disturbed fans. They can’t keep it at football; they always have to get personal, but that’s because they are still heartbroken. So sad………………… QB or not; we were still going to get in dat bootay
CJ
July 10th, 2012
11:44 am
NOT to mention how NASTY Atlanta is and how thuggish they talk. East Point, South Side, and part of downtown is just NASTY and why don’t the man learn to talk in ATL
single white dove
July 10th, 2012
11:44 am
willieghatesthesaints
July 10th, 2012
11:04 am
STOP HUFFING GAS!
single white dove
July 10th, 2012
11:46 am
How come no one is mentioning Eli Manning???
Message for New Orleans Fans/Natives
July 10th, 2012
11:47 am
I don’t claim anything south of I-20, those “people” dont pay to go to football games.
single white dove
July 10th, 2012
11:49 am
Drew Brees
July 10th, 2012
11:10 am
Who cares?
realitycheck
July 10th, 2012
12:01 pm
To Cajunsaregay………….Last year Atlanta was officially named the gayest city in America……….If you had known that fact, maybe you would’ve left the gay stuff out of this!
gordon
July 10th, 2012
12:12 pm
NOBODY IN THE WORLD LET ALONE A FOOTBALL PLAYER IS WORTH THAT KIND OF MONEY
obamataxesagain
July 10th, 2012
12:20 pm
Brees will be paying huge taxes with the new obamatax!! What you doesn’t realize we all will be paying the new obamatax.
BirdDawg25
July 10th, 2012
12:20 pm
Falcon fan here, but Brees has done a great job in N.O .after leaving the chargers you had to wonder is he about done. no he wasnt. he was highly under-rated for years. the falcons-saints battles have always been fun to watch.it. . has been a great for many years ,even when both teams werent very good.. falcons and saints fans on here like to give each other a hard time.and for the most part its fun. its football, but thats all it is.some of the comments are a little over the top..you folks oughta throw some of that anger at your government thats running this country in the ground….
panther
July 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
Down with the Aint’s
panther
July 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
Please leave Obama out of this.
realitycheck
July 10th, 2012
12:34 pm
BirdDawg25,,,,,,,,,Fair and on the money post!
Chris
July 10th, 2012
12:51 pm
Cajunsaregay has some complimentary things to say about NOLA. Thank you for the insight as im appreciative that you would like our levees to break and all of us to drown. In what fine city do you live as I may consider moving there for the hospitality? Not!
Give Him the Cash
July 10th, 2012
12:53 pm
Give every player in the NFL at least 20 million per year. That would boost the economy. Just think of the Escalade sales, and the new gold teeth.
Chris
July 10th, 2012
1:02 pm
Regarding the article i feel brees is currently as if not more valuable than p manning, therefore being highest paid isnt completely unreasonable, especially since he has been underpaid in the past. The other factor to consider is inflation. In four years this may not be the highest dollar contract; brees deserves his glory now. Perhaps brees will take a pay cut in the future if necessary to keep key players
Denton
July 10th, 2012
1:15 pm
Seems to be lots of posts here about the classiness of New Orleans fans. Just a quick summary of how the locals are representing their city:
“The city of New Orleans has been rebuilt enough…MOVE YOUR GDMF’N FUNNY TALKING A$SES BACK DOWN THERE!!”
“I just hope the levee’s break again and wipe that miserable city off the face of the earth!!!!!!!!!!”
“Sooner or later nature will take it’s course and wipe that (below sea level) septic pool off the face of the earth.”
Stay classy, Atlanta!
We have a Ring and the falcons don't!!!
July 10th, 2012
1:45 pm
Love it; team has been hugely successful since Brees arrival in 2006. Keep lighting up that Falcon secondary!!!!
We have a Ring and the falcons don't!!!
July 10th, 2012
1:47 pm
Denton is on the money; haters and clowns saying bigoted stuff about New Orleans. Pitiful
Jose Benzaca
July 10th, 2012
1:50 pm
The Atlanta fans in here are as dumb as can be. If the Saints sign Brees to a recored contract and the offer him straight up for Matt Ryan in a trade, every Falcons fan on this board would be so excited they would _________ (you can fill in the blank because what I want to write would be deleted). Oh someone will come in here and say they prefer Matt Ryan over Drew Brees and would not make that trade, then in January next year be crying in their beer because Ryan could not even lead the Falcons to 2 points in a playoff game.
Pimplebutt
July 10th, 2012
1:54 pm
Birdwatcher:
“the falcons made drew Brees who he is today! By playing the falcons 2 times a year he’ll go down as the best QB to ever play the game.”
Now THAT’S funny. Sad, but true – you can pretty much pencil him in for 350+ yards in the air for those two games against a pourous, intimidated Atlanta secondary.
However, under the Nolan regime, all of that will change. The team will attack on all downs, and don’t be surprised to see a Falcon knock that birthmark off Brees’ face this season. GO BIRDS!
Tiffani
July 10th, 2012
2:08 pm
1st- Congratulations Drew Brees. Hard work and talent have really paid off. I don’t agree with sports figures being paid this much, but if the team has this much to pay a sports figure(s) then they have way more money than this and who should get it but the folks doing all the hard work.
2nd- I ask the Lord to forgive all you meanspirited, hateful, name calling folks that can’t even discuss a topic without injecting racial and poverty related slurs. Certainly you know that this kind of evil, hateful rancor and venom accomplishes nothing. Maybe you were not loved as a child or have a very painful existence as an adult… I personally wish you love and light in the Name of Jesus!
Orlando
July 10th, 2012
2:38 pm
The Rude comments are by the rednecks of GA.
Quagmire
July 10th, 2012
2:51 pm
Congrats Brees, as long as we are not talking about Tim Tebow…………..