It’s been nearly three months since Drew Brees announced his retirement following a brilliant 20-year run as a quarterback for the Saints and Chargers.
In announcing Brees’ retirement being finalized, the Saints’ Twitter summed up how their fan base is probably feeling.
Brees departs the NFL as one of the most accomplished signal-callers in league history.
“When I was hired by the Saints as a head coach in 2006, the very first goal was to establish a functional and winning culture,” Saints coach Sean Payton said shortly after Brees announced his retirement, via Nick Underhill.
In a very short period of time, he would help lead a region to recovery and a team to a Super Bowl championship.
He’ll be remembered most, however, for redefining his legacy in New Orleans — which signed him in 2006 following a season lost to a torn labrum — and got 15 years of arguably the steadiest QB production of the entire NFL.
Injuries hampered Brees during his final two seasons with New Orleans, as the veteran missed five games in 2019 and another four in 2020, but his numbers hardly ever slipped from the time he debuted with the Saints until the time he said goodbye to the Superdome.
“Till the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints’ organization, my team and the great city of New Orleans.