Former Saints QB Drew Brees is potentially returning to football, reported ESPN. There are several different theories on why this may be occurring. Drew Brees randomly tweeted that he may want to return for some odd reason and caused speculation throughout the football media. The 43-year-old QB retired from football in March 2021 and spent his first season as an NFL analyst for NBC.
Despite speculation from media about my future this fall, I’m currently undecided. I may work for NBC, I may play football again, I may focus on business and philanthropy, I may train for the pickleball tour, senior golf tour, coach my kids or all of the above. I’ll let you know
— Drew Brees (@drewbrees) May 15, 2022
Theories surrounding Drew Brees’s Return
One of the theories of Brees’s return is that he wasn’t performing on-air and wanted to save face. Similarly, to former Dallas Cowboys TE Jason Witten’s situation. They both were amazing players while playing and then looked to get into broadcasting after retiring. However, many were unmoved by their skills and ratings decreased.
Another possible theory is that he simply needed a year to rest his mind and body. Took the time to see what the front office inquired about this offseason and believes he’s ready to return to compete at a high level. The Saints recently acquired All-Pro WR Jarvis Landry and All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu.
Man..signing @juice_landry and @mathieu_era makes me want to come back and play again!!! Great additions…leaders and players! https://t.co/ARvwQbnPUU
— Drew Brees (@drewbrees) May 15, 2022
The New Orleans Saints’ Plans Going Forward Brees
Brees ranks second in NFL history for career passing yards (80,358) and touchdown passes (571), behind only Tom Brady, the G.O.A.T. Naturally, this brings thousands to ask, “Can Brees still play?”
Saints HC Dennis Allen is in a difficult position because he’s not sure to go according to schedule with the plans or pivot and adjust for Brees. However, he speaks about not trying to live in a hypothetical situation and is dealing with reality. While the situation seems messy it is a good problem to have if you are a head coach. Many aren’t taking into account the return of Jameis Winston coming off an ACL injury. Now, potentially putting a future HOFer in the mix only makes things more problematic.
“I don’t want to think about hypothetical scenarios right now,” Allen stated. “We’ll see what happens, but he certainly generated a lot of interest.”
The Saints have a lot of decisions to make this upcoming offseason if Brees decides to return to the Saints. However, this can all be “nonsense” and attention-seeking propaganda.
In the end, this news begs another important question: why did Drew Brees retire in the first place?
