Drew Brees Comments on Jimmy Graham Trade, Addition of Max Unger

April 3, 2015   ·   Mike Chiari   ·   Jump to comments

The New Orleans Saints' decision to trade tight end Jimmy Graham to the Seattle Seahawks this offseason shocked the football world, and it turns out that it had the same effect on quarterback Drew Brees and his teammates as well.
In his first comments since the deal, Brees told WWL Radio in New Orleans that the deal took all the players by surprise, according to ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas.
I think it shocked all of us. A lot of crazy things happened, though, during the course of free agency for a lot of different teams. Unfortunately, you've been around long enough, you see some of these things happen at times. If anything it shows the confidence our organization has in the young players, especially the young skill players on offense, just feeling like those are guys that now have a chance to step up and fill a big void and fill a big role and continue to progress forward.
The nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback also discussed how difficult it will be both on the field and off ...

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