Archive for September 2010
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You Can’t Spell “Bench†Without “B-E-Nâ€
You may have heard that the NFL in 2010 is a “quarterback’s league,†due to all the marquee teams having great signal callers. Last year’s Super Bowl featured two of the NFL’s absolute best, Drew Brees of the Saints and Peyton Manning of the Colts.
Well, here in 2010, the Pittsburgh Steelers have managed to buck all common football sense and have put together a 3-0 record despite having trotted out some…interesting…players at what is supposedly the game’s most important position:
All of this is because their franchise QB, Ben Roethlisberger, has been serving a four-game (reduced from six) suspension for some (allegedly) naughty behavior last offseason. So what has Ben been up to lately, having been not able to play so far this season?
Let’s take a look, shall we?
Good to see he’s doing his best to stave off loneliness, now that his night life style has been severely cramped, Goodell-style.
Click to read the original Saints article by Yardbarker: New Orleans Saints
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Sports - Fantasy - Football - American - Merchandise
Top 10 sleepers for Week 4
Provide a spark for your fantasy team.Click to read the original Saints article by FOXSports.com News for Saints
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September 30, 2010
Posted by Randy Savoie in Drew Brees, Jonathan Vilma, New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News, NFC South, nfl, Sean Payton
Beware Carolina: New Orleans Saint Drew Brees is a Sore Loser
Drew and Britney Brees looked so much happier on 60 Minutes than Bill and Hillary Clinton did all those years ago.
Yeah, you know you've made it big alright when 60 Minutes wants to tell your life story to all of America.
It's an afternoon in August and 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft puts New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees to the test.
Maybe he's a doubting Thomas...needs to see for himself to believe.
Thomas had to see the nail marks in Jesus' hands before he believed.
"Unless I see the nail marks in his hands... I will not believe it."
Steve Kroft needs to see Breesus use his golden hands to hit the crossbar from 30 yards away.
Clank, Clank, Clank!
The challenge is to hit the eight-inch crossbar 30 yards away and 10 feet off the ground as many times as possible.
Brees isn't perfect on this afternoon in August, but he's damned near close to perfect. His misses aren't all that far off.
Clank, Clank, Clunk!
Drew Brees is not satisfied because he wasn't perfect.
"It's not my day," Brees tells Kroft.
"That's alright. It's not bad," Kroft says.
"No, it was terrible. You caught me on a bad day," Brees says.
"It wouldn't lose any sleep over it," Kroft says.
'I will," Brees says.
60 minutes probes Jonathan Vilma for any imperfection that Brees keeps hidden from the public eye. Some dirt only a teammate would know.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Vilma laughs and says, "I will say he's not the best loser. I'll give you that much—he is definitely a sore loser."
Brees does not necessarily disagree with Vilma's assessment but he's sees it more as the confidence of a champion who has had to overcome the kind of agony that would have ruined a lesser man- his mother's suicide.
"I'm a very modest person but I am also extremely confident and if you put me in a situation, in the moment, I'm going to have a swagger, I'm going to have some cockiness, and, you know, there's not anything I don't think I can do."
Tick. Tick. Tick.
You're Drew Brees and you've told these stories over and over again but 60 Minutes is your stage tonight and on this night you relish telling them again.
You're too short Drew!
"I don't believe that. I don't believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It's not about height. It's about what you have here (pointing at his head) and right here." (pointing at his heart)
None of those f#*kin' Texas schools wanted you after you won the state championship at Westlake in Austin so you went to Purdue and shattered just about all of those Big Ten passing records...
"There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong," Brees tells Steve Kroft with the ever-so-slighest gleam in his eye.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Steve Kroft asks Sean Payton what makes Brees so special?
"Let's forget for a second the intangibles, the work ethic. Let's forget the mental toughness. The intelligence. This unbelievable competitive spirit. It's the first time for me to be around someone that driven—and it motivates me," Payton says.
Oh, hell yeah.
It's the kind of motivation that cause a guy in his mid-forties to get off the couch and run laps around Audubon Park in Uptown New Orleans.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Statistically it's not in the cards Drew. Super Bowl champions don't repeat anymore. It's parity...F*#kin' parity is what they want...Goodell doesn't even want you guys to repeat...
Call him a sore loser. Call him cocky. Say he has a chip on his shoulder if you must.
Drew Brees says... this me baby and the rest...
Read more New Orleans Saints news on BleacherReport.com
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Payton: Saints RB Thomas a game-time decision (The Canadian Press)
METAIRIE, La. - Pierre Thomas was nowhere to be seen during practice the past two days.Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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Carolina Panthers ready to make a run: links
News and notes on New Orleans Saints' next foeClick to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints Central
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New Orleans Saints comment of the day: Bringing John Carney aboard a good compromise
Highlighting comments from our readersClick to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints Central
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Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas banged up for Saints
Good thing the Saints take on the hapless Panthers this Sunday, because they’ve become the walking wounded. Reggie Bush (broken fibula) doesn’t need crutches anymore and is walking without pain. He believes he’ll be back sooner than expected, but that’s about the only injury news that favors the Saints right now. Drew Brees will play Sunday against Carolina, but he’s expected to wear a brace on his sore left knee. He suffered the injury late last week in an overtime loss to the Falcons and while he doesn’t think the knee will affect his performance, you never know how a player will respond to an injury until he gets on the field. The good thing is that Brees is a tremendous pocket passer and even if he had two good knees we wouldn’t be seeing his best Michael Vick impression. The other significant piece of injury news surrounding the Saints has to do with Pierre Thomas’ ankle. He’s going to be a game-time decision after missing practice the past two days, although the team has yet...Click to read the original Saints article by Yardbarker: New Orleans Saints
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Five things I expect to see from the NFL in the 2010 season (Associated Content)
As an avid Minnesota Vikings (and NFL) fan, early on in the season, I'd like to propose some things that I think will happen in the NFL over the course of the year. And I have to do it this year, because with the whole lack of a collective bargaining agreement, there probably won't be any NFL football next season . So, here are five things that I would like to see happen over the course of the 2010 NFL season: 1) Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to blow it .Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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Falcons CB Robinson sees big test against 49ers (PA SportsTicker)
By GEORGE HENRY Associated Press WriterClick to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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