Drew Brees Focuses His Retirement on Family
By Faith on the Field Staff, October 16, 2022
Drew Brees played in the National Football League for 20 seasons. A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, Brees is second in NFL career passing yards, career touchdown passes, career pass attempts, career pass completions, and career passing completion percentage. He also holds the record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass, breaking the feat held by Johnny Unitas for 52 years.
But now in a different stage of life, Drew is focusing his retirement on his family. Drew was able to do some broadcasting work as he transitioned from on the field to off, which was a completely different experience for Drew.
“I think, you know, from my perspective, being a quarterback who played 20 years in the NFL, I just watch a game totally different than probably most people. It's hard to just sit back and watch it as a fan, you're so analytical with everything you put yourself in the moment at all times. I look forward to finding ways that that can be communicated in a much more in-depth way that's kind of outside the norm or what is like the typical formula for broadcasting a game, but like really going in-depth for the fans that you know want to know exactly what happened.”
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Tom Brady retired, but then unretired 40 days later. Rob Maaddi asked Drew if that was something he had considered.
“Look, I I think when you when you make that commitment, I mean obviously it's not, it's not one of those things that you just wake up one day and say, you know, I'm done. You know, that's a process. And I would say the last four years of my career, even going back to 2017, I was truly taking it one year at a time.”
“So that's when I made that decision and I felt like that 20-year Mark was a great one to end on.”
