>> FIRST AT NOON.
HE’S COMING BACK!
SAINTS QUARTERBACK DREW BREES JUST ANNOUNCED HE’S COMING BACK TO PLAY FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
>> HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM THIS MORNING AND SAID QUOTE, "I LOOK FORWARD TO THE GRIND AND THE JOURNEY, FOR THE REWARD AT THE END WILL BE WORTH IT. LOVE YOU, WHO DAT NATION. LET’S MAKE
ANOTHER RUN AT IT." >> SPORTS ANCHOR FLETCHER SPORTS ANCHOR FLETCHER MACKEL AS MORE ON THIS HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
FLETCHER?
>> THE GREATEST ATHLETE IN NEW ORLEANS HISTORY AND ARE THE GREATEST CITIZENS IN OUR CITY’S HISTORY, WHO WILL BE WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THE STORY OF NEW ORLEANS IS BACK FOR HIS 20TH
SEASON IN 2020.
THE 40-YEAR-OLD SAID WHEN THE SEASON ENDED OVER A MONTH AGO, HE WOULD TAKE OVER ONE MONTH OFF.
HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND DECIDE TO RETIRE OR RETURN.
THE SAINTS HAVE BEEN SO CLOSE TO THE SUPER BOWL OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
IN 2018, -- LAST YEAR EVEN AFTER AN INJURY, DREW BREES CAME BACK.
THIS TEAM IS ON THE CUSP OF A SUPER BOWL AND THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE DRIVING REASONS WHY HE IS RETURNING.
HE ALSO LEADS THE LEAGUE IN MANY STATISTICS.
HE MEANS SO MUCH TO THE CITY AND THE CITY MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM.
I THINK HE WANTS ONE MORE CHANCE TO CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND COME OUT ON TOP.
HE HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT IS YEAR-BY-YEAR AT THIS POINT.
I THINK HIS FAMILY RELISHES SEEING HIM PLAY.
HIS KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE DOES.
PROBABLY ONE MORE YEAR BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE CITY AND FOR DREW BREES.
I WAS TOLD IT WAS 50-50 AND RETIREMENT WITH A REAL POSSIBILITY.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OTHER PLAYERS?
WHEN JRUE WAS OUT, THE OTHER WENT 5-0.
WILL WE BE LOOK TO KEEP BOTH?
>> SEAN PAYTON SAID THIS.
YOU HAVE THREE REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACKS.
ALL OF THEM COULD BE STARTERS IN THE NFL.
DREW BREES IS BACK, JASON HILL IS A FREE AGENT.
THIS IS DREW BREES RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER 2 YEARS OLD, DOES HE WANT TO COME BACK FOR ONE MORE YEAR AND TRY TO WAIT OUT DREW BREES?
HE LIKES IT HERE AND THE FANS LIKE HIM.
I THINK HE WILL BE -- HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A STARTER.
>> IF HE GETS AN OFFER IN MIAMI, THAT’S HIS HOME.
POTENTIALLY, THESE ARE ALL SCENARIOS.
>> AS MUCH AS EVERYONE LOVES TEDDY, HE IS A GREAT HUMAN BEING, TO COME BACK AFTER A CAREER THREATENING INJURY AND BE A STARTER IS GREAT.
THE BREEZE IS ALSO THE GREATEST PLAYER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
LAST I CHECKED, HE WAS STILL PLAYING GREAT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY MAYBE DREW BREES SHOULD RETIRE.
I THINK BACK TO A GENERATION THAT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SAINTS WERE BEFORE DREW BREES.
DON’T GO PUSHING THE GREATEST PLAYER OUT THE DOOR JUST YET.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR DREW BREES, THE FRANCHISE AND THE CITY.
>> THERE IS A POLL ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
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