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Saints QB Drew Brees Discusses Bounties and His Contract on Two Radio Shows Today

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is spending a lot of time in the media over the last week. Neither the Saints nor Brees have been able to stay out of the media this off-season.

Brees found himself in a firestorm last week (Tuesday, June 19) after comparing the Saints bounty scandal to weapons of mass destruction.

https://twitter.com/#!/drewbrees">Brees tweeted: “If NFL fans were told there were "weapons of mass destruction" enough times, they'd believe it. But what happens when you don't find any????”

It didn’t take long for the media to jump on Brees comment and it went viral. Brees quickly apologized for his comments later the same day on Twitter.

Again from Brees’ twitter account: “My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military. Merely an analogy to show how media influences public perception” “I apologize if the WMD comment offended anyone. Especially our military. There is no one I respect more than our service men and women”

This week (Monday, June 25) Brees partnered http://www.dsgpace.org/">Dick’s Sporting Goods supporting PACE (Protecting Athletes though Concussion Education). PACE is the nation’s largest baseline testing program with the goal to test 1 million kids.

Brees made the rounds this morning (Tuesday, June 26) on http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8097345/new-orleans-saints-drew-brees-remains-very-confident-deal-deadline">Mike & Mike in the morning on ESPN Radio and the http://www.danpatrick.com/2012/06/26/drew-brees-addresses-bounties-says-coaches-wont-fight-punishment-because-they-fear-more-sanctions/">Dan Patrick Show a syndicated radio show. On both programs, Brees touched on several topics from the PACE program, his sons playing football, his contract and bounties.

Brees stated he felt like further punishment was being held over coaches heads if they didn’t cooperate with the investigation. “I’ve been informed a lot of those coaches feel there are further sanctions being held over their head if they don’t cooperate with the investigation,” Brees said on the Dan Patrick Show. “If they were to speak out on behalf of the players, maybe that’s the fear they have.”

The quarterback also says the NFL has confused, “Pay-for-performance has been lumped in with pay-for-injure.” Brees also said he hasn’t seen evidence of a pay-for-injure program.

One bit of good news, Brees stated he thought the Saints and him would get a long-term contract done before the July 16 deadline. "I've always said, you would think this process should be a lot simpler than it is," Brees said. "It just always seems to be complicated. But I'm still very confident that we'll get a long-term deal done, and hopefully that will happen sooner than later."

"When it comes down to certain provisions of the contract, there are little things here and there that take time to resolve," Brees said. "But in the end, the organization typically starts off at one place, the player starts off at another and you find a way to a compromise and meet in the middle and do what's fair and just."

Comments

tstauffer 11 years, 9 months ago

Gotta get that contract done. I know some people were happy about the tweet because it showed that Drew is still a team player and hasn't been too turned off by the negotiations.

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bryanflynn 11 years, 9 months ago

A report came out today by CBSSports.com that the NFLPA sent a letter to Roger Goodell saying the Saints are not negotiating with Brees in good faith because they are trying to punish him from his stance in the lockout.

I wonder how that will play in the negotiations.

Brees' tweet didn't bother me but there is a lot of people who get touchy over things like that. I saw he was trying to make an analogy not hurt feelings.

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