I hate to say it but this really tarnishes Brees’s legacy. He let them mortgage their future for one more shot and yet he knew he was incapable of throwing 15 yards downfield. He should restructure and work for the league minimum as their backup/bridge for a few years.
add to that Kenneth Davis who was a #1 quality back if he ever needed to carry the load, but would “only” chip in 8-12 carries and a few important receptions a game.
I’m more comfortable putting every play in Josh’s hands like last week. He does not need a running game, only the wind slowed him down but he won again and played error free.
With devilish winds and no running game, they put their full trust in the arm of their young superstar every play and he delivered the victory. Incredible.
The Loch Ness monster, Big Foot, Aliens land from another planet, Bills in AFC championship. All seem to be about the same to me, and I am having a tough time processing that the last one is actually true.
Loved Josh’s interview regarding that game saying that he did not do enough earlier in the season to show that the organization should put the game in his hands when they had the lead. It was up to him to do more so that the organization would trust him more. This year he’s going deep down field with a 14 point lead with 5 minutes left. So they took it a little too far...
Josh’s arm should give him an advantage in a wind game at orchard park but not with passing game featuring long shots down field. He will figure it out over the years.
When Ralph was approaching 90 and it looked like the team was headed to Toronto I would have given anything just to be sure that I had my own team to root for and maybe sniff the playoffs once a decade. I used to beside myself just to inch past .500 in late November every few years. Then I dreamed that Josh would become a legitimate starter, maybe a QB in the league’s top fifteen, who knows maybe even the top ten. This season has been incredible, and more than what I once thought possible.
Throw the kid in early and then he’s got big time playoff experience by the second quarter and there is time to recover if he makes a big mistake. He had a death grip on the ball when bursting up the middle v the fish.