Yeah.
All right. We have Drew Brees. Go ahead. And great questions in the chat.
First ones from from Jeff Duncan.
Yeah. Drew, can you just tell us what happened to your injury and why you
were able to Why you put yourself in the game?
Um, I was not gonna be able to be effective. Um, they had nothing to do
with pain. It was definitely just what my body was gonna be able to do or not
be able todo
next one from Amy. Just when did you, I guess, realized that, um, at halftime
while you were in, um, like, right after you got hurt. Or, you know, when
you were taking some time away. You always You always always worry about
halftime because you sit for so long, you know? And so, um, when I came on
the second half and and started throwing the ball became really
apparent, I wasn't gonna be affected.
Next one's from Rod Walker. E Drew. What was that last e guess? Eight
minutes and 42 seconds of the first half. Like for you, then? I mean, you
battled through it. How tough was that for you?
Yeah. I mean, Listen, that's part of the game, you know, um,
but just we're trying to take advantage of the opportunities that we had.
Just doing whatever he could Thio try to get the lead before halftime.
Obviously, we didn't play very well offensively in that in that first half
the first quarter, I think we had three plays. Um, we had we had a three and
out, and then we had another three and out early second quarter. And so it
didn't start well for us, but and our defense stepped up and played fantastic.
From the second quarter on, we've got some big play special teams, got a big
kick return, got a couple of, uh, plays on punt team that were huge in this
game as well. And so, you know, all around, we just found a way. Another
way to win is a team. It wasn't pretty, but we found a way. Next one's from
Nick Underhill. Did you expect this injury to be something that affects you?
This week is a short term long term. Can you can you tell? I'm just taking
one day at a time. I've done that this entire season and I'll continue to do
that. I'm not sure what tomorrow holds, but you can know I'm gonna do
everything I can to be a defective. Is that possibly can come next week?
Next one's from Larry Holder
Drew having being able to work with Jamis throughout the season. How much
do you feel like he was prepared for? Be able to come in and play kind of on
the fly? E. I thought he played great. Uh, so that za tough. It's a tough job,
especially when
a za Labradors are game planning is, you know, on offense, especially to
come in and be able to execute that offense is very, very difficult,
especially if you're just kind of coming in midstream. I'm gonna have it
and had a big chance to really, you know, get all the reps and that kind of
thing
and I listen, I thought he did great. I thought he was great. I thought he had
great command of the huddle on
Everything kind of went off without a hitch. Obviously, um, nothing is
perfect, but I thought he made Cem Cem great throws. I thought he made some
really good decisions and obviously took advantage of the opportunities
that given up there.
Next one's from Doug Martin. Sean said that your injury didn't get better at
halftime. Was it something that was stiffening up? Is that kind of what it
was? And you may be cramping up some kind of. That's a good way to put it.
Yeah. Um, listen, I can't really describe it. Um, other than it was, it
was preventing me from doing my general.
Next one's from Katherine Carol. And you said it wasn't about pain, but are
you in serious pain right now?
I wouldn't call it that, but it's just something definitely some it's needs to
be dealt with her. And the official designation was that it was a rip. I
just wanted to clarify that that was correct. That was what you're dealing
with.
Yeah, and yeah, I mean it za cumulative.
And we're not just one
next one's from Mike Triplet.
Ah, Drew. Apologize that this has already asked. But when you were
playing through it at the end of the first half, you just felt a little more
comfortable or you were even questionable about coming in and doing
that. And then how good it didn't feel toe have that two minute drill drive
before you left. You felt terrible before the two minute drive, but just I
had to find a way.
Next one's from Brett Martel.
Do. Could you tell us a little bit about the hit on which you were injured?
Obviously, they were flagged for it. Was that your impression that it was a
foul? And then when you talk about doing everything to kind of be
effective next week, it sounds like you don't believe it will be a long term
thing. But I don't know if that's if I'm reading that the right way or if
you really know. Yeah, no, I mean, nothing is a long term thing. Um, it's
just matter how long it's going to be, Um and honestly, I really I really
don't know. Um, it's not something quite to this extent that I've
experienced. Like I said, I'm just gonna take it one day at a time. Um,
you know, they hit itself. I heard the officials saying that it was by rule.
He drove me to the ground and that's it's Ah,
that'll bring a flag.
Last one's from maybe just yeah, and it wasn't just you that went down today.
Lots of guys went down today. Trey Kwan, Josh Hill. You know, you can name, like,
eight of you. Um, how important is that? But no matter who or how many of you
all went down that you all still found a way to win today. Oh, so I think it
says a lot about our team. Says a lot about our coaches. There's a lot about
our grit determination, um, and and listen, time and time again. Throughout
this season, we've had moments where guys have been down in key positions
and other guys have stepped up and done a great job, or those around them have
just elevated to a new level on once again. That's what happened again today.
We're all set. Thank you, Drew.
Wow.
Yeah.