ESPN analyst, former Falcons cornerback catches heat for awful Drew Brees take
ESPN analyst, former Falcons cornerback catches heat for awful Drew Brees take
ESPN personality Domonique Foxworth was a guest on the Mina Kimes show, and the podcast started with a conversation around Shedeur Sanders' draft stock. Naturally, the New Orleans Saints were a topic of conversation. The Saints don't seem to be interested and neither Foxworth or Kimes seems to believe they should be.
Foxworth simply doesn't believe Sanders is "a guy." He follows that up by saying "the Saints fans are comfortable. They won a Super Bowl with a guy who threw within five yards of the line of scrimmage, so maybe New Orleans is the perfect place for a Shedeur."
Drew Brees may have had low air yards at the end of his career, but to place his entire career under that stigma is revisionist history. The Saints didn't win a Super Bowl with a quarterback who threw within five yards of the line of scrimmage. They won a Super Bowl with a quarterback with the second highest air yards in the league that year.
In 2009, Brees averaged 8.9 air yards per attempt. The only person who had a higher number was Philip Rivers. It's not as if this was an anomaly either. Brees averaged 9 air yards per attempt nearly a decade later in 2018.
Adding to the layer of disappointment, Foxworth played in the league during the earlier part of Brees' career. This take may have been acceptable from someone who started watching football in 2019, but Foxworth played Brees multiple times and even shared the division with him at multiple points.
The statement wasn't hyperbolic. It was disrespectful and a poor summation of Brees career. In trying to express why Sanders wasn't "a guy," Foxworth threw in one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and a future first ballot hall of famer as a reference point. The comparison was poor, and the point was false.
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