PETE: NFL QUARTERBACK DREW BREES
PLAYING DEFENSE AFTER CRITICS
SLAM HIM FOR PROMOTING BRING
YOUR BIBLE TO SCHOOL DAY.
>> I'D LIKE TO SET THE RECORD
STRAIGHT.
I LIVE BY TWO VERY SIMPLE
CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALS, AND THAT
IS LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, MIND, AND SOUL, AND LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, SO
THE FACT THAT THESE RUMORS HAVE
BEEN SPREAD ABOUT ME, ARE
COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
WHAT I DID WAS I FILMED A VIDEO
RECENTLY THAT WAS ENCOURAGING
KIDS TO BRING THEIR BIBLES TO
SCHOOL FOR NATIONAL BRING YOUR
BIBLE TO SCHOOL DAY.
ED: HERE TO WEIGH IN OUR PANEL
OF FORMER NFL STARS ERIC COLEMAN
, DONNA VAN MCNABB GOOD
MORNING ALL.
THIS IS ALWAYS A GREAT SUNDAY
AND HAVING ALL THREE OF YOU HERE
IS WONDERFUL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT DREW
BREES LET'S START WITH YOU ERIC
I WANT AN IDEA OF HIM PUSHING
BACK NOW ON THE CRITICS SAYING
LOOK I WANT TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO
BRING THEIR BIBLE TO SCHOOL.
>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT HE
PUSHED BACK.
HERE WE ARE IN AN AGE WHERE A
QUARTERBACK OF THE NFL TEAM
PROMOTES KIDS TO BRING BIBLES TO
SCHOOL, PROMOTES SOMETHING
POSITIVE AND HE GETS CRUSHED FOR
IT.
I THINK IT'S A SHAME AND I'M
GLAD THAT HE PUSHED BACK.
PETE: DONNA VAN HE'S ALSO A
LEADER IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
DOES THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON HOW
HIS TEAMMATES VIEW?
>> THIS IS A GUY STANDING UP
FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES AND I THINK
WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK INTO A
SITUATION WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE
THAN JUST A VIDEO THAT WAS SENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHICH A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS ARE
LOOKING AT HIM AS A ROLE MODEL,
THEY ARE TRYING TO KIND OF PUT
THEMSELVES IN HIS SHOES, AND
HE'S SENDING A GOOD MESSAGE.
THIS ISN'T A BAD MESSAGE AT ALL
THAT HE'S SENDING AND WE ALL
NEED TO LOOK AT IT IF THIS IS A
NATIONAL DAY HE'S TRYING TO
BRING ABOUT AND HE'S PROMOTING
IT.
ED: CHRIS IT'S LIKE THE MOB
DECIDED DREW BREES IS A BAD
GUY BECAUSE HE GOT IN WITH THIS
CONSERVATIVE GROUP WHEN THEY
DIDN'T LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID
THAT LISTEN TO WHAT'S IN HIS
HEART.
YOU GUYS PLAYED IN A DIFFERENT
TIME WHERE NOT EVERY SINGLE
THING WAS POLITICAL.
>> NO, WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF
OFFENSE RIGHT NOW WHERE
EVERYTHING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED
TO DRIVE CLICKS, VIEWS, LIKES,
SHARES, IT'S ACTUALLY RIDICULOUS
I THINK DREW BREES IS THE MODEL
AMERICAN ATHLETE IN MY OPINION.
HE REPRESENTS THE BEST OF WHAT'S
POSSIBLE FOR JUST PERFORMANCE
AND THAT'S ON THE FIELD OR
OFF-THE-FIELD.
HE LIVES THESE VIRTUES OF
REPRESENTING CHARACTER AND
INTEGRITY AND I THINK ACTUALLY,
HE'S THE TYPE OF ATHLETE,
ESPECIALLY IN TODAYS
PROFESSIONAL GAME, THAT OUR KIDS
NEED TO BE MODELING THEMSELVES
AFTER, AND I FEEL FOR HIM, BUT
GOOD FOR HIM HE ACTUALLY PUSHED
BACK THE WAY HE DID.
I RESPECT HIM GREATLY FOR THAT.
PETE: ON ANOTHER TOPIC WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL MORNING
WE HAVE TO GET YOUR TAKE,
ANTONIO BROWN, HE'S OFFENDED
ALMOST EVERYBODY.
>> [LAUGHTER]
PETE: EXCEPT FOR MAYBE PATS FANS
BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
BIZARRE TURN OF EVENTS?
>> IT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER
AND WE COME FROM THE ERA WHERE
THIS SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF AND THIS
ALL ABOUT ME KIND OF ATMOSPHERE
IS PUSHED BACK, THE TEAM
WOULDN'T HAVE IT AND THE FACT
THAT HE KIND OF GETS REWARDED
FOR IT GOES TO THE PATRIOTS IS
REALLY UNBELIEVABLE AND I JUST
HOPE THAT HE CAN WRITE THIS
CAREER, HAVE A GREAT YEAR AND
HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN NEW ENGLAND
ED: WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
ON ONE HAND BELLACHICK IS THIS
GUY WHOSE LIKE DO YOUR JOB BE
LIKE A CHAMPION AND DON'T DO THE
NOISE BUT IS HE SORT OF NOW WIN
AT ALL COSTS WE'LL TAKE ON
SOMEONE LIKE ANTONIO BROWN EVEN
THOUGH HE'S NOT REALLY A TEAM
PLAYER?
>> NOT THAT I'VE EVER BEEN IN
THIS SITUATION, BUT [LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY,
AND IF HE'S BRINGING OVER WHAT
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST MONTH
AND A HALF OR SO, THEN IT'S
GOING TO TEAR UP THE LOCKER ROOM
BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE YOUNG GUYS
WHO THINK THEY CAN GET ALONG
WITH THE THINGS HE WAS DOING.
A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS FOLLOWING
HIM AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SOCIAL
MEDIA WISE, GET THE LIKES ON
THIS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE IF
THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE NEW
ENGLAND LOCKER ROOM AND NOW
PEOPLE SAY RANDY MOSS SITUATION
AND PICK OTHER GUYS LIKE MAYBE
GORDON BUT THOSE ARE
PARTICULARLY GUYS WHO IN THE
SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD WASN'T AS
STRONG AS ANTONIO BROWN.
ANTONIO BROWN HAS A GROUP THAT
FOLLOWS HIM THAT FILMS HIM THAT
RECORDS DIFFERENT THINGS AND PUT
OUT DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHAT
THAT DOES IS IT PUTS A LOT OF
APPRECIATE YOU ON FOOTBALL TEAMS
BECAUSE THINK OF THE OAKLAND
RAIDERS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
HE HAD A NUMBER ONE WEAPON THAT
WOULD HELP HIM SHOW HE'S A
FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK AND NOW
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAS THE SAME
FOOTBALL TEAM HE HAD LAST YEAR.
ED: HE GAVE UP TWO PICKS FOR
THIS.
>> IF HE PLAYS THE WAY HE
PLAYED LAST YEAR THEN EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT THEY NEED TO GET RID
OF HIM.
PETE: COMMENT ON THIS BUT ALSO
START OUR ROUND OF PREDICTIONS
FOR 2019.
DOES THIS PUT THE PATS AT THE
FRONT OF THAT?
>> SO LOOK CULTURE IS THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM OF AN ORGANIZATION
WHETHER IT'S A PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL TEAM, OR A BUSINESS.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, AND THIS
IS A CLASSIC CASE OF THE BEST
PLAYER VERSUS THE RIGHT PLAYER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK HE'S THE
BEST PLAYER BUT I COMMEND THE
RAIDERS FOR MAKING A DECISION
THAT THE BEST ISN'T NECESSARILY
WHAT IS RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO A
PLACE THAT CULTURE IS EVERYTHING
IT IS THE REASON THE PATRIOTS
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO THIS IS
AN ULTIMATE TEST BUT THERE IS A
SAYING IN BOSTON, IN BILL WE
TRUST, WE'LL SEE IF THAT
ACTUALLY WORKS OUT.
I WAS BORN IN BOSTON SO I KIND
OF HAVE TO LEAD WITH THE PATRIOT
S, BUT --
>> OH, GOD.
HERE WE GO.
ED: I AM SITTING NEXT TO THIS
GUY.
PETE: WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION,
DO YOUR PUSHBACK THERE BUT ALSO
BAKER MAYFIELD, A QUARTERBACK
LIKE YOU, MAKES A LOT OF NOISE
BUT BACKING IT UP ARE THE
CLEVELAND BROWNS FOR REAL?
>> HE'S NOT BACKING IT UP YET.
PRESEASON IS PRESEASON.
>> GOOD FIRST YEAR.
>> WE NEED TO SEE THIS IN THE
REGULAR SEASON AND WHEN YOU HAVE
A LOT OF PERSONALITIES THAT YOU
HAVE TO CATER TOO AND THAT
INCLUDES THE HEAD COACH AND HE'S
YOUNG.
A GUY NOT USED TO THIS
PARTICULAR POSITION AND ON
OFFENSE WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY
PERSONALITIES YOU HAVE TO CATER
TO.
WHEN YOU HAVE MILES GARRETT THAT
MAY BE THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF
THE YEAR AND ON OFFENSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE GUYS,
HE'S STILL GOING TO TRY TO PLAY
WHAT ABOUT LANDRY, CALLAWAY,
WHAT ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR GUYS
THAT YOU HAVE TO CATER TO AND IF
THEY COME OUT OF THE BLOCK AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE TWO AND
THREE AND TWO AND FOUR, THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME RUMBLINGS GOING
ON.
ED: YOUR PREDICTION REAL QUICK?
FOR SUPER BOWL?
WELL SUPER BOWL I'M GOING KANSAS
CITY AND OBVIOUSLY PHILADELPHIA.
ORACLE I'LL GO WITH THE
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.
PETE: OF COURSE SO ERIC BESIDES
THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WHO DO YOU
SEE WINNING THE SUPER BOWL?
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> WELL YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE THE
SAINTS.
I THINK THAT DREW BREES AND THAT
OFFENSE ARE VERY GOOD.
I WAS GOING WITH KANSAS CITY BUT
NOW THE NEW ENGLAND --
PETE: THE INFORMATION.
>> IF ANTONIO BROWN CAN CONFORM
AND STAY WITHIN THE REALMS OF
THAT TEAM THEY HAVE A LOT OF
WEAPONS OVER THERE.
PETE: JUNE QUALITY EDELMAN COULD
HAVE A MONSTER SEASON.
ED: THEY DOUBLE TEAM ANTONIO
BROWN, EDELMAN WILL HAVE A GREAT
YEAR.
>> BUT THAT DOESN'T SAY THAT
MUCH.
I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT YOU STILL
GOT TO PLAY DEFENSE AT THE END
OF THE DAY.
ED: GENTLEMEN, IT WAS A REALLY
GREAT CONVERSATION.