In a Times Picayune article dated 12/30/15 titled, "Brees Confident He, Payton Will Be Back For 2016" written by Larry Holder and Christopher Dabe allude to an interview Brees gave to the NFL Network in which he said, " he did not see any scenario where he or Payton would not be back next year." That is a self serving statement that Brees has no control over if management has other ideas.
Brees also said, "I think we, a plan was put in place throughout last off season as to how we were going to build a foundation which to make a run at it in the future." That statement contradicts what Brees has been saying for the last few years when he said more than once the foundation was already there. Now he says they just started the foundation last off season.
It was also mentioned in the article Brees feels like the Saints have great character and leadership. After the end of last season Payton and several players said the Saints lacked leadership. (sports writers in New Orleans should remember that.) This writer has a hard time finding any positive change in the team since last season. With one game left to play the Saints can not improve on last years won-loss record of 7-9. Former Saints coach Jim Mora's famous coulda, woulda, shoulda is a good description of this Saints team since bounty gate.
The echos of bounty gate continue: We have the players, we have the foundation, we are all professionals, we know our jobs, we have good young players and etc, etc and etc. Still, there has been no progress over the last four seasons. Self serving statements are the foundation for failure. When you can not walk the talk, one should remain silent.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
