Saints superstar quarterback Drew Brees already has his post-career plans in order according to New York Post’s Andrew Marchand. According to Marchand, the 41-year-old quarterback will be joining the NBCSports crew as an analyst for their Sunday Night Football presentations, potentially replacing one Chris Collinsworth.
“Like all NFL fans, we look forward to watching Drew continue his Hall of Fame career this fall, and we are confident his post-playing career will be just as successful,” NBC Sports spokesman Greg Hughes said in Marchand’s article.
If Brees does not end up on the Sunday Night Football Crew there is a chance that Brees ends up covering a bulk of the Notre Dame games, NBC has the rights to all Fighting Irish football games and Brees could possibly be returning to the same state where he stared at nearby West Lafayette.
Brees had the top network knocking at his door, the all time passing yards leader apparently chose NBC over ESPN and the deal is for north of 6 million dollars. If this goes as plan Brees will be another example of the great gunslingers that have had prosperous careers after their time under center. Most recently, former Cowboys legend Tony Romo has stared on CBS Sports broadcasts, and recently got a contract extension that is paying him roughly 17 million dollars per NFL season.
Until it is time to hang the cleats up, Drew Brees is looking to climb the mountain one more time and win another Super Bowl title. A team who were just missed calls away from being in the last two Super Bowls, added Safety Malcom Jenkins and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders to the mix and look to compete in what looks to be a wide-open NFC South. With Brady and Bridgewater joining the division, and two former first team All-Pro’s Cam Newton and Todd Gurley II on their ways out, the NFC South will remain at the top of one of the more even divisions in football. 2020 will be a telling time to see how this plays out, but one thing I am most excited for is to see two of the best quarterbacks of this generation play each other twice a year, even though it is at the tail end of their respective careers.
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