Drew Brees is not a fan of playing on Thursday night. The New Orleans Saints suffered a tough 20-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons Thursday, but as concerning for the Saints was the loss of five players due to injury. Having played just four days prior against the Carolina Panthers, the Saints quarterback was irate about the quick turnaround. “It’s 100 percent a product of playing on Thursday night,” Brees told reporters after being asked if the injuries could be attributed to the short rest. “Do you understand what guys’ bodies go through, you know, in a game? And to have to turn around four days later and to play, look at the injury studies,
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Drew Brees Spins Away From Two Defenders, Throws Touchdown Pass (Video)
Apparently Drew Brees is much more mobile than originally thought. The New Orleans Saints quarterback certainly looked like one of the more athletic signal-callers in the league during the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, as he pulled off some elusive moves en route to hooking up with tight end Jimmy Graham in the end zone. On 3rd-and-six from the 49ers’ 11-yard line, Brees looked like he was going down and going down in a hurry, but he managed to avoid a sack by spinning away from two defenders. The impressive play that looked like something out of a video game got even better when Brees threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Graham.
Brees totals 5 TDs as Saints rout Giants (AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP)—On their own 12-yard line with 1:09 left in the first half, there was no way Drew Brees(notes) and the Saints were simply going to run out the clock. That’s not how their offense works, and the New York Giants weren’t putting up much resistance anyway. Only 34 seconds elapsed before a third touchdown drive of 80-plus yards gave the Saints a 21-3 halftime lead, and they were well on their way to a third-straight win, 49-24 over the slumping Giants. “What it comes down to is we have a lot of confidence and we play very aggressive,” Brees said. “Is there risk involved? Yes. When you do it as much as we do with the mentality we do, you make