Posted on 03/14/2021 5:46:37 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
One of the most prolific careers in NFL history has come to an end, as New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced Sunday on Instagram he has decided to retire after 20 seasons.
Brees' four children, Baylen, Bowen, Callen and Rylen, announced in a video: "After 15 years with the Saints and 20 years in the NFL, our dad is finally gonna retire. So he can spend more time with us! Yeah!!
Brees added a message to the post that read:
"After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15 years as a Saint, it is time I retire from the game of football. Each day, I poured my heart & soul into being your Quarterback. Til the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints organization, my team, and the great city of New Orleans. We shared some amazing moments together, many of which are emblazoned in our hearts and minds and will forever be a part of
"You have molded me, strengthened me, inspired me, and given me a lifetime of memories. My goal for the last 15 years was striving to give to you everything you had given to me and more. I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans. This is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. Now my real life's work begins!"
Brees, 42, retires as the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yards (80,358) and ranks second all time in touchdown passes (571) and completion percentage (67.7%). More than that, though, Brees will always be revered for helping to revive the Saints franchise and the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
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Can’t the guy just retire?
Phenomenal athlete. Possibly a great QB. we shall see.
Yes he is.
I’m from NOLA and can’t stand Drew Brees. Good riddance.
He lacks the courage of his convictions. He retired because he didn’t want to hear all the boos in the stadium.
“Should have retired BEFORE he sacrificed his dignity on the BLM alter.”
Ummm...yep. A point that is only too hard to refute. Maybe because...it is too true. Rough that the verdict may come down on him like this after all the success he’s had and how good a citizen he has been in the NFL, but how does he wriggle out from under this indictment?
Brady is just a cheater.
‘Can’t the guy just retire?’
nope, apparently not...
I’m a Louisiana native who shed tears of joy when the Saints finally won it all.
Then Brees cucked, first to the lavender commie mob and subsequently to the black commie mob.
I’m no longer a Saints fan or an NFL fan. I watched not one minute of NFL this past season.
That’s what works best for me.
Brees’ four children, Baylen, Bowen, Callen and Rylen,
Cant anyone just use normal names anymore
That’s 0/4. Are they boys or girls ?
I’m serious. How about Bill. Jane. Fred. Joe etc
Right ?
Nope. If people do not want to use names that were popular in our generation. Fine. Go to our grandparents. What names were popular back then? Abraham, Clara, Arthur, Ethel, Eugene and Doris.
You are a moron.
Details? Honest question.
He will be remembered for his crying and surrendering to BLM as for anything else.
Good. Not sorry after he totally disrespected his father & grandfather so he could be “woke”.....🤬
Hey schmuck, just look at his statement after he supported the flag and then took it back.
Calling childish names, you ARE quite the man.
He’s a wimp. A weak, commie bowing wimp.
Same goes to you. Must be a cheat fan.
Its funny, when you are on the other side of a Brady bitch-slapping, you cry “cheating.”
I recall seeing that somewhere else. Give me a second...it will come to me. Oh, yes...the playground. This is how children act on the playground.
7 rings. Suck it.
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