Shooting The Brees With Saint Drew
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Drew Brees addressed the media today on several topics, including his relationship with Peyton Manning. Here’s a text of some of his comments.
On teammate Reggie Bush: “I don’t think there’s a player in the history of the NFL that came in with the expectations that Reggie Bush did. When you take what he did in college – a Heisman winner and all those things. For any young player, especially at the running back position, there’s a learning curve, just like there is at the quarterback position or any other position coming into this league. I think that so many eyes were on him and there was so much hype surrounding him, that’s a tough position to be in despite your athletic ability and all those things. I feel like he’s had great people around him early in his career, like Deuce McAllister, the coaching staff and guys that have really tried to take him under their wing and help develop him a little bit. He has battled some injuries here over the last four years at times. Maybe [he has] been a little disappointed at times just with kind of the role that he played, but I feel like he has really accepted that now and you see what he is able to do for us, not only running the football from the backfield, but when he’s catching the ball out of the backfield, when he’s split out catching passes, when he’s returning punts. He’s a very versatile player that can do a lot of things.”
On his relationship with Peyton Manning: “I met Peyton when it was his first year in the NFL, so I guess I would’ve been going into my junior season at Purdue. We had actually met at a golf tournament, ended up playing golf together, and then after that, he would call me occasionally during my season just to give me encouragement. I went up to Indianapolis and saw him play a Monday night game against Jacksonville. I remember the game like it was yesterday because he broke the franchise record for passing yards in a game, it was like 440 [yards], and then I went and saw them play the Titans in the playoffs one year. One time, specifically, we came back and beat Ohio State my senior year, and sure enough I have a message on my phone from Peyton saying, ‘Hey, I had a chance to watch the game. I’m really happy for you. Way to battle.’ For a young college player, here’s Peyton Manning, second or third year in the league, already kind of coming into his own, Pro Bowl player, one of the best in the league, for him to kind of reach out to me like that meant a lot to me as a young player. Who would’ve thought 10 years from then we’d be sitting here playing in a Super Bowl against one another.”
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