Drew Brees hanging up his cleats? Report claims QB receiving interest from TV network
By Keith Farner
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Drew Brees’ football future will be one of the more talked about items of the NFL offseason, and a report from ESPN has already added some fuel to that fire.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that a non-ESPN network has reached out to the New Orleans Saints quarterback to inquire about whether he would be interested in transitioning from quarterback to TV game analyst, league sources told ESPN.
Brees’ football future is still up in the air, and this discussion does not mean retirement is imminent, or he would soon end up on TV at all.
“Drew has not spoken with them or anyone about any new opportunities,” one source close to Brees told ESPN this weekend. “Until such time as a decision is made about next season, he will not be engaging in any conversations regarding or considering any new opportunities.”
The New Orleans quarterback situation, though, is very much unclear because the Saints have no quarterbacks under contract for next season, as the contracts for Brees, Teddy Bridgewater and Taysom Hill have all expired.
Saints coach Sean Payton said on ESPN’s Sunday “NFL Countdown” that he thinks Brees will return to the Saints next season and that he anticipates speaking to Brees as early as Monday.
Brees missed five games with a thumb injury in 2019, but still completed an NFL-best 74.3 percent of his passes and finished with a 116.3 quarterback rating, the league’s second-best mark.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
