The veteran New Orleans quarterback ended his professional career after 20 seasons
The career of stellar quarterback of the Saints of New Orleans, Drew Brees, Came to an end.
EThe future Hall of Fame quarterback announced his retirement from the NFL after 20 seasons as a professional, through a video posted on his Instagram account, with his children.
“After 20 years with the Saints and in the NFL, our father is finally retiring, so he will spend more time with us,” say the three sons and daughter of Brees in the video, where curiously the quarterback does not appear, although they wear jerseys with their N ° 9.
Although he waited until almost the beginning of the new year of the league, which officially happens on March 17, the withdrawal of Brees was expected from the removal of the Saints in the last postseason.
Brees puts an end to a successful career that included multiple records and a super Bowl.
Brees retires as the all-time leader in aerial yards with 80,358 and full passes with 7,142, plus is in second place on touchdown passes with 571, behind Tom Brady’s 581, who took the mark this season .
In his 20 years as a professional, Brees amass a 172-114 record, the fourth-highest win in history for a quarterback, behind Brett Favre (186-112), Peyton Manning (186-79) and Brady (230-69) and in the playoffs he had new triumphs.
During the 2009 season he guided the Saints in his only Super Bowl, with a 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami and was named Most Valuable Player of that game.
too, Brees was selected 13 times in the Pro Bowl, has a selection in the All-Pro first team and won the Player of the Year award in 2004, and was the NFL’s leading scorer seven times. .
Brees was recruited by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 draft from Purdue and played there until 2005 when he left as a free agent and signed with the Saints.
The last game of Brees, Who already has a deal to become a television analyst, was during the defeat of the Saints against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-20, in the Divisional Round of the National Conference, where he threw 19 complete passes in 34 submissions for just 134 yards with a touchdown — three interceptions.
At the end of the match, Brees left the Mercedes-Benz Superdome track saying goodbye to the fans while kissing in the stands.
However, the career of Brees was marked by injuries in recent years, playing his last full campaign in 2017. Last season Brees, he missed four games after suffering fractures in 11 ribs and a perforated lung in Week 10’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers,
The withdrawal of Brees leave them Saints with a tight position in the quarterback position, where the only player under contract is Taysom Hill, Who was incumbent during the absence of Brees. the alternate Jameis Winston is scheduled to become a free agent.