>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO ATLANTA,
JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM SUPER
BOWL LIII, AND LOOK WHO WE HAVE
HERE, DREW BREES.
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING
QUARTERBACK, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
YOU MY FRIEND, HOW ARE YOU?
>> THANK YOU, YOU TOO.
>> THANKS FOR COMING BY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> LET'S START WITH WHAT
EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
THAT BLOWN CALL FROM THE NFC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WE HEARD FROM YOUR COACH
YESTERDAY, SEAN PAYTON SAID HE
HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET OVER IT
BY WATCHING NETFLIX AND EATING A
BUNCH OF ICE CREAM.
>> YEAH.
>> THERE'S THE CALL THAT WAS
MISSED.
ACTUALLY, TWO CALLS.
NOT JUST THE PASS INTERFERENCE
BUT THE HELMET TO HELMET, HOW
HAS DREW BREES BEEN GETTING OVER
THAT, AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
TELLING WHO DAT NATION?
>> WELL, LISTEN, IT'S BEEN
DIFFICULT.
THAT WAS A HEARTBREAKING LOSS.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL HAD THE
EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD BE
HERE AND OBVIOUSLY WORKED SO
HARD FOR IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST -- YOU
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT YOU CAN CONTROL, AND
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE
WE WOULD HAVE LIKED FOR THAT
CALL TO HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT IT
WASN'T.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, I LOVE
OUR TEAM, AND I LOVE THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST FANS IN
THE COUNTRY IN ALL THE SPORTS,
AND THEIR PASSION AND EMOTION
WERE CERTAINLY FELT, YOU KNOW,
AFTER THAT GAME OVER THE LAST
WEEK AND A HALF, BUT AT THE END
OF THE DAY, MAN, WE ARE SUCH A
TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY, THE WHO DAT
NATION, AND THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD
TIMES AHEAD FOR US.
>> SPEAKING OF WHO DAT NATION, I
HAVE ONE OF YOUR LOYAL MEMBERS
WITH ME AS WELL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> ONE HODA KOTB, FAVORITE
DAUGHTER OF NEW ORLEANS.
HODA'S BACK IN NEW YORK WITH
SAVANNAH AND CARSON.
HODA.
>> HEY, DREW, HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD MORNING.
>> I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.
>> I FEEL YOUR PAIN.
MY HEARTBREAKS EVERY TIME I SEE
THAT REPEAT.
I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE IT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
DREW, DO YOU THINK THAT ROGER
GOODELL DID ENOUGH TO KIND OF
APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT WENT DOWN ON
THAT DAY?
>> WELL, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN NICE HE COME OUT ON MONDAY
OR TUESDAY AFTER THE GAME AND
ADDRESSED IT IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK HE BASICALLY WAITED
UNTIL HE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO,
WHICH WAS AT HIS ANNUAL SUPER
BOWL PRESS CONFERENCE.
I DON'T REALLY THINK HE SAID
MUCH DURING MOST OF THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AGAIN,
FOR US AS PLAYERS WE CAN ONLY
WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN
CONTROL, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
OFFICIALS HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CALLS THAT
ARE MADE AND NOT MADE THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF A GAME.
IT'S JUST TOUGH WHEN SOMETHING
THAT MEANINGFUL HAPPENS AT THE
END OF THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
THAT ARGUABLY WOULD HAVE SENT US
TO THE SUPER BOWL, AND THE CALL
WASN'T MADE AND IT WAS A VERY
OBVIOUS CALL.
AGAIN WE DON'T CONTROL THAT.
WE CONTROL THE THINGS THAT
HAPPEN BEFORE AND AFTER THAT
GAME THAT MIGHT HAVE ALLOWED US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PLAYING
HERE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT HERE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED AFTER THAT PLAY IS YOU
SAT WITH YOUR FAMILY, WITH YOUR
KIDS, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAD
A CHAT ABOUT IT.
THIS HAD TO BE IN SOME WAY I
GUESS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO YOUR KIDS
AFTER THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY
WERE SOBBING CRYING, I THINK
LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE, AND I
THINK YOU TELL THEM THAT, AGAIN,
THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF
YOUR CAREER OR IN SPORTS OR IN
LIFE THAT DON'T GO YOUR WAY, BUT
YOU JUST CONTINUE TO WORK.
YOU CONTINUE TO STRIVE, YOU
CONTINUE TO STAY VERY, VERY
POSITIVE, AND YOU KNOW THAT IF
YOU CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THE
RIGHT WAY, GOOD THINGS WILL
HAPPEN.
>> DREW, CARSON DALY HERE, CON
G
GRATS ON A BIG SEASON.
SOMETIMES LIFE IS BIGGER THAN
EVEN THIS WEEKEND.
YOU GOT TO MEAT A REAL LIFE
HERO, THEY'RE LIFELONG SAINTS
FANS.
YOU GAVE THEM TICKETS TO THE
SUPER BOWL.
WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR
YOU?
>> THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
I HAVE SUCH A PROFOUND RESPECT
FOR OUR MILITARY, THE SACRIFICES
THEY MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND
EVERY CHANCE THAT WE GET TO BE
AROUND THEM, TO MEET THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEN TO GIVE THEM
AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS WHERE
FATHER, SON GET TO SHARE IN A
REALLY SPECIAL SUPER BOWL MOMENT
TOGETHER, THEY WERE SAINTS FANS
SO THEY WERE WISHING WE WERE IN
THE GAME JUST LIKE WE WERE, BUT
JUST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT MOMENT WAS SO SPECIAL.
>> DREW, THIS IS SAVANNAH, I
HAVE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PREDICTIONS FOR
THE GAME ON SUNDAY?
>> UH-OH.
>> I DO, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP
THEM TO MYSELF.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE DON'T CARE, DO WE, DREW?
WE DON'T CARE.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> NO, WE DON'T CARE.
>> WE DON'T CARE.
>> DREW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS -- ONE OF
THE THINGS ABOUT DREW BREES AND
I SAID THIS TO YOU LAST YEAR IN
MINNEAPOLIS, WHEREVER YOU FALL
ON THE SPECTRUM IN TERMS OF FAN
DOM, NO CLASSIER ACT IN THE