A NEW CENTURY WAS DAWNING WHEN HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 2001... HE WOULD SERVE A (20) YEAR "HITCH", AND WOULD SCALE THE NFL MOUNTAIN TO THE PEAK, WALKING AWAY ON HIS OWN TERMS, THOUGH REMAINING THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN... WITH 80,358 YARDS OF AERIAL GREATNESS, DREW CHRISTOPHER BREES OVERTOOK SUCH CONTEMPORARY, RETIRED RIFLES AS PEYTON MANNING, BRETT FAVRE, DAN MARINO, JOHN ELWAY, WARREN MOON AND FRAN TARKENTON, POSSESSING THE MOST PASSING YARDS EVER IN NFL HISTORY... 80,000 YARDS IS A MILESTONE, WHICH HE AND ONLY HE, HAD BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE 101 SEASONS OF THE NFL... TEN GAMES INTO THE 2020 SEASON , THE (41) YEAR OLD CAPTAIN "SUFFERED MULTIPLE BROKEN RIBS AND A COLLAPSED LUNG"...
THE RELENTLESS WARRIOR WOULD MISS JUST (4) GAMES... HE WOULD RETURN AND IRONICALLY, THOSE EIGHTY THOUSAND YARDS WOULD BE A CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT ON CHRISTMAS DAY , CLINCHING THE DIVISION TITLE , THE SAINTS' FOURTH CONSECUTIVE, AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE COURAGEOUS CAPTAIN... THOUGH THE SAINTS WERE EVENTUALLY ELIMINATED IN THE PLAYOFFS, THE OFF-SEASON RAISED GREAT INTEREST AND QUESTION MARKS OF HIS FOOTBALL FUTURE...BACK ON MARCH 14, 2006 , BREES SIGNED HIS FIRST PACT WITH THE SAINTS, AND RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY THE WORLD WOULD SEE THE SUN SET ON HIS CAREER ON MARCH 14, 2021 , WHEN THE LEGEND OFFICIALLY RECEIVED A MEDAL OF VALOR AND MOST HONORABLE DISCHARGE.. FROM 2001 TO 2021, THE PURDUE GRADUATE, AND 2ND ROUND PICK OF THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS WOULD ESTABLISH A LASTING LEGACY WELL BEYOND TOP PASSING YARDS... HIS ENDOWMENT WENT LIGHTYEARS BEYOND A STAT SHEET , FAR ECLIPSING HIS NFL RECORDS AND WELL ABOVE HIS ANNUAL LEAGUE LEADERSHIP... FOR (15) YEARS, THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WAS HIS DOMAIN, AND FOR (15) SEASONS NEW ORLEANS FOOTBALL " WAS" HEAVILY DEPENDANT ON DREW BREES...
SINCE THE GAME BEGAN, FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN OFTEN MEASURED BY THEIR STATURE AND STRENGTH... TOO, IT WAS IN'01 THAT BREES SLIPPED TO THE SECOND ROUND AS A DIMINUTIVE SIZED QUARTERBACK AT "ONLY" SIX FEET TALL, FOLLOWING STERLING COLLEGIATE SUCCESS... THE CHARGERS HAD REALLY PUT THEIR EGGS IN ANOTHER BASKET WITH A NEW TALENT IN WAITING.. THERE WERE CONCERNS AROUND THE LEAGUE ABOUT HIS SHOULDER INJURY WHICH LIMITED THE SUITORS, BUT THE SAINTS MADE AN INVITING PACKAGE, EXPRESSING THEIR CONFIDENCE IN HIM. DREW WOULD WALK BY FAITH TO.IN 2005, THE RAVAGING UPROAR KNOWN AS. LEFT ITS SCORN OF MASSIVE DEVASTATION IN.
MONUMENTAL LIVES AND PROPERTY WERE LOST, HOMES AND COMMUNITIES MISPLACED, AND FOOTBALL WAS NOT MUCH OF A PRIORITY FOR MANY WHO THIRSTED SIMPLY FOR A CLEAN DRINK OF WATER... ALSO MISPLACED, THE SAINTS FINISHED (3-13) WITHOUT A HOME, AS THE. E WAS ANOTHER OBJECT OF THE HAVOC.. 06 WOULD WELCOME THEIR 40TH SEASON , HAVING ACCUMULATED ONLY (7) WINNING CAMPAIGNS IN THE PROCESS... OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD TAKE SPECIAL GUIDANCE IN COMMAND TO STEER THE FORCES SUCCESSFULLY... THE REBUILD WOULD NOT ONLY COMMENCE IN THE PARRISHES , BUT ALSO IN THE LOCKER ROOM, AND TURF ON SUGAR BOWL DRIVE. TOGETHER, PEYTON AND BREES WOULD DEVELOP AN EXQUISITE "RECIPE OF JAMBALAYA" THAT TOOK THE BLUE RIBBON IN THE NFC SOUTH DIVISION , THE FIRST EVER FOR THE "CRESCENT TOWN"... NOT ONLY DID BREES HELP RECOVER THE PIGSKIN FRANCHISE, HIS SIGNATURE ON CHECKS, AND A SIGNATURE ON THE WORKS INSTITUTED IN THE COMMUNITY HELPED LEAD THE REBUILDING AMONG THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURE. ACADEMIC FACILITIES, ATHLETIC CENTERS, PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS AND SCHOLASTIC MENTORING PROGRAMS BECAME THE RECIPIENTS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE... THOUGH THE CLEAN UP AND REBUILD WAS A GROUP EFFORT ENCOMPASSING THE WORKS OF MANY INCLUDING OTHER PRO STARS, HIS HANDS-ON EFFORTS, AND BAGS OF LOOT FROM HIS CHARITABLE BANK ACCOUNT, MADE BREES STAND WITH OTHERS LIKE GIANTS IN STATURE... THE WORK WOULD BE ON-GOING IN BOTH SECTORS... BACK ON THE FIELD IN' 07 , HE MATCHED HIS PASSING YDS, AND INCREASED TDs (A FRANCHISE RECORD 28), AND PASSING PERCENTAGE, BUT THE SAINTS FELL IN THE WIN COLUMN AND NO POST SEASON... THE WIN COLUMN WAS NOT MUCH BETTER IN'08 , THOUGH BREES LED ALMOST EVERY QB CATEGORY INCLUDING PASSING YDS AND TDs, BREAKING HIS OWN FRANCHISE RECORD... THE OFFENSE WAS STUPENDOUS, AND THE DEFENSE WOULD BEGIN TO JELL IN'09 WITH FREE AGENTS AND DRAFT PICKS. WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS? NOBODY, AND NOT FOR A RECORD (13) CONSECUTIVE CONTESTS TO START THE'09 SEASON AS FRANCHISE MARKS BEGAN TO TOPPLE AMONGST THOSE "CHOIR BOYS".... TWO DOWN SEASONS, AND A HAPPY MARDI GRAS WAS BACK IN "NAWLENS"... (13-3) , WITH THREE ALL PROs AND SEVEN PRO BOWLERS , MAKIN' THE ARIZONA CARDINALS FLY THE COOP IN THE DIVISIONAL (45-14), THEN TAKING THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS TO OVERTIME FOR THE NFC BLUE RIBBON (ANOTHER FIRST)... THOSE CONQUESTS WOULD HAVE THE SAINTS MAKING A GALLANT MARCH INTO MIAMI, STILL, ANOTHER FIRST... WITH PEYTON MANNING LEADING THE (14-2) INDIANAPOLIS COLTS , IT WAS BILLED AS A HIGH POWERED, OLD FASHIONED DUEL OF SHARPSHOOTERS, THOUGH THE "HOSSES" WERE FAVORED BY (5)... THE COLTS WOULD BRING THEIR OWN STAMPEDE, BUT WHEN DREW FIT THE BATTLE OF SB44 , THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN. AT SUN LIFE STADIUM, CONQUERING THE COLTS (31-17).... AND YET ANOTHER FIRST , A COVETED SUPER BOWL CROWN...THE FAMISHED AND THIRSTY SOULS HAD FINALLY BEEN FED AND QUENCHED, FINDING FAVOR IN THEIR PIGSKIN SAVIOR. THE PRINCE, HIS PRINCESS AND FAMILY WOULD LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN THEIR ROYAL CASTLE, PRESIDING OVER THE KINGDOM, AND MORE RECORDS WOULD FALL TO THE TURF FOR ANOTHER DECADE...
BUT ANOTHER CRY WOULD COME WITH ANOTHER CALAMITY THREATENING THE KINGDOM AND THE ENTIRE LAND... IT WAS ODORLESS AND COLORLESS, BUT JUST AS HORRENDOUS AS KATRINA... MANY ACROSS THE LAND WOULD COME FORWARD AND FIGHT THE QUIET FOE ON MANY FRONTS...AND, SO TOO WOULD DREW.... The priority now is helping our communities get through this tough time. After considerable research and conversations with local organizations, we will be mobilizing our partnerships with Second Harvest Food Bank, Ochsner Health Systems, Walk-Ons, Jimmy Johns, Smalls Sliders and Waitr to prepare and deliver over 10,000 meals per day throughout Louisiana for as long as it takes to children on meal programs, seniors, and families in need.
Let's all do our part, maintain hope, and get through this together.... THE (80,000) CAREER PASSING YARDS HAD MADE HIM A CHAMPION IN THE SUPER DOME.... HIS WORK IN SOCIETY WOULD MAKE HIM A SERVANT TO HUMANITY... So, WHO DAT, WHO DAT, WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DREW BREES?
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