The Most Tortured Man In NFL History: The Polarizing Story Of Drew Brees 

Sorry no facecam yet, tom wouldnt let me

Brees almost always had to pull off the biggest carry jobs to get the Saints to even be competitive, as a saints fan it hurt to see him retire

I met drew brees in 2017 at a beach in southern California. He was driving this super sporty tesla (if memory serves me right). He was totally chill and when my buddy asked if he could shake his hand drew laughed and talked to us for like 5min. He threw the football a few times to each of us then said to not tell anyone else we saw him here cause most people dont recognize him. Drew brees was cool as fuck

As a Saints fan, that magical 2017-2020 stretch of dominance in the regular season was amazing to witness and seeing Brees finally having an elite defense to go all the way to the big one again.... only for it to get sucked away every single year was extremely heartbreaking. I just wanted him to get 1 more. I will forever love that man with everything and he's no doubt a 1st ballot HOFer.

As a Saints fan, I didn’t even realize how many straight up gut punches we’ve received 😭 I just got used to it like it was just normal 😭 Drew deserved one more

If he's not a first ballot hall of famer it's a tragedy. He brought the City of New Orleans a Super Bowl and put up great numbers. He got a bad break in San Diego. One of my favorite players ever. Great stuff Tub Frog and thanks for doing this!

Drew is an example of how hard it is to actually win a Super Bowl, Rodgers and Manning included. If it wasn’t for Tom nobody would think any of these guys didn’t win enough super bowls. What Tom and the Patriots did is incredible. I’m eager to see what Andy and Pat can do now.

TWO times during the 2010s Drew Brees led his team back from a 17-0 deficit on the road in the divisional round, led two go-ahead drives in the final few minutes, but had to watch his defense give up a game-winning TD in the last 10 seconds.

Drew Brees is the most underrated qb of all time, he was always overshadowed. I was literally just talking about this to my mom an hour ago yet this video just came out. Wild!

I will never understand how Aaron Rogers is slobbered over by the media constantly despite winning just as many SuperBowls with far better tools at hand and proving to be a reliable choker.

I miss this man like you wouldn't believe.

Brees's career proves just how dang hard it is to win a superbowl in the NFL. He is one of the best to ever play without a doubt. (And I say that as a Seattle fan still chuckling over the times they beat the Saints in the playoffs)

Drew Brees is to Tom Brady what Larry Fitzgerald is to Jerry Rice. Yeah we all know who the GOATs are, but in their shadow were two guys who honestly did it the same way. Absolute perfection of the craft, two of the most unbelievable big game performers at their position, and did it over a long career. Stats, durability, you name it. They did everything as GOAT-like as possible, and one ring between the two of them. It almost renders the existence of the Saints and Cardinals as unjustifiable.

it’s hard to put into words the impact drew brees had on new orleans and louisiana. absolute legend

Easily one of the most underrated players of all time, and someone who will never get the respect he deserves outside of New Orleans. It should be a crime if he isn't celebrated more as a player for turning a perennial loser into a winner and contender.

I always saw the minneapolis mirracle as a great walk off touchdown to be remembered for a good long time (which it is) but looking at the other side of it, it makes it feel real depressing.

I’m not even a saints fan but I loved to watch Drew play. I’ll never forgive New Orleans for letting this man down for a decade. It’s also why I don’t feel sorry for the people who use to say Rodgers was the goat but was just unlucky when drew Brees had far worse luck while usually posting better numbers on worse teams

He deserved a mvp he deserves a lot of respect he’s a good guy and was a great football player

No amount of words can describe as to how much I love drew brees. He’s my favorite player of all time and my personal GOAT. I wouldn’t trade any qb for him, and will always remember him and his time on the field. Love u #9 ⚜️

We didn't deserve a guy like Drew as long as we did, but we were incredibly blessed to have him at all. On top of being one of the greatest QBs to play the game, he's a family man, incredibly loyal, has done so much for more than just his communities, very humble, and is genuinely just a very nice and approachable person. He never made his records about him, but made it a point to spread that love and gratitude to his team. It was hard to watch him retire, but I'm glad to see that he's enjoying his retirement with his family.

This is why he is higher than Tom Brady and Peyton manning on my favorite list, all the pain, all the suffering, 3 sad playoff losses, miracles, him carrying the saints cause they were bad everywhere else, I had this thought after I watched the saints vs Vikings in the 2019 wild card, I looked back on his history, and I wish he was in the situation Tom Brady was in, I honestly think he could have done more than Tom. I’m glad someone actually talks about this legend, while everyone else doesn’t.

I loved drew Brees and it’s sad to see him gone

It's not just that Brees didn't win an MVP, but also the fact that two division rival QBs had their lightning-in-a-bottle seasons rewarded with an MVP. Ryan winning MVP particularly stings.

I still consider Brees to be an all time great. He may not have the rings like Brady, or the MVPs like manning, but he was a damn good quarterback. One of the best I’ve ever seen. And he WILL get a gold jacket.

appreciate your content a bunch, i'm from brazil and only started following the NFL in 2021, so it's very cool to see the history of the league being told by you

Hey man I just really wanted to say that your content is absolutely amazing. I’ve been watching nfl content produced by other RU-vidrs for at least 10 years and I really think you’ve developed your own unique craft. Congrats for coming into your own and I hope you keep up the great work

I am a life long, die hard, Pittsburg Steelers fan. Yet that Nola No-Call is one of the mosy painful plays in my life as a football fan for me to watch. I swear Drew Breeze is the greatest Super Bowl QB to never win another. True legend and had a huge unspoken impact on football, unless you are in New Orleans, those locals will let you know

Drew has to be the most unhatable man in nfl history

He has a ring that's the goal. He had a great career a first ballot hall of famer

As a Panthers fan, I've always had respect for Drew Brees. He had serious talent and I've seen several entertaining games between Carolina and New Orleans regardless if he's beaten the brakes off of my poor team sometimes lol. Hope he's enjoying retirement. Good video.

As a Falcons fan I have nightmares of Drew Brees absolutely terrorizing us

Bro thank you for making this video. Literally one of my favorite players of all time in sports

The most clutch "loser" ever, such an underrated all time QB.

Brees was my team’s QB from the time I was 8 years old to the year after I graduated college. He’ll always be my favorite player and it will always suck that the cards almost never seemed to fall in his favor. And on top of that, he didn’t even get a proper send off in his last home game at the Dome since no fans were allowed during COVID :/ I also hope this video helps other NFL fanbases understand the pure amount of agony us Saints fans have gone through and why we’re so salty all the time lmao

TubFrog casually dropping full documentaries every week

As a saints fan it always saddened to me that Drew brees's so underappreciated for being so good it's because of some dog defenses he doesn't have 3 rings

Hey man, I really appreciate you taking the time to put this video together. Drew Brees made me a Saints fan even though I've always lived in the Midwest, and I still maintain that from a statistical perspective he's one of the best to ever play QB in the NFL. I'm glad my favorite player had the opportunity to ascend from benchwarmer in San Diego to perennial All-Star and franchise legend in New Orleans, and that despite the lack of MVPs taken from him by guys like LT and Rodgers, he was still able to beat the _other_ best QB of his generation in the biggest game the Saints ever played. -He was also robbed of the opportunity to square off against either Brady or Mahomes in SBLIII-

Thank you so much for making this video. It means a lot to me knowing your involved in the chat and listen to your subscribers

That interception in overtime in 2018 was bc of getting slapped in the face with both hands by Dante Fowler while he tried to throw the pass. The irony is that Brady got a hands to the face call to undo an interception at the end of his AFC championship when no one ever touched his face

Thanks to channels like yours growing he’s going down as a legend in another generation . He won’t be forgotten

No actually, Romo is the most totured. At least Brees won an SB. Romo had to pull and carry deficient cowboys rosters and coaching and he got blamed for everything. Romo's body was so beat up behind all the horrible lines he had most of his career. To this day people still think he was a horrible choker

just wanted to say i really like how you display stats makes it very easy to take in quickly! keep with it im loving your content

You've been on a roll with these documentary style vids, another great upload bro.

Every loss felt and sometimes still feel like a dagger sinking deeper into my soul. Let's hope we can continue our success from the Brees era but at this point there are no guarantees.

New to the channel but absolutely love your content man ! These videos are so thorough and detailed.Keep up the great work !

2017 and 2018 have to be the worst luck ive ever seen. My favorite player of all time, first ballot gold jacket

Brees fought through his struggles and I respect him for it

I actually had a relative injury but mine only tore roughly 180 degrees. They literally just tell you “good luck, it’s gonna suck and not be the same”

Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it THOROUGHLY. I'm not even a Saints fan -- not a hater, just indifferent -- and I respect the HELL out of this man. The drive and moxie that must have been necessary to prove doubters wrong; working within his physical limitations (short height) and finding ways to circumvent that; coming back from the horrific injury and finding ways to adjust to his new, surgically-repaired arm and the challenges that must have caused; carrying his team time after time after time; showing up in critical moments and rising to the occasion; and so on. If anyone "deserved" more than just 1 SB win, it was Brees.

I still remember exactly where I was during most of these being a saints fan. Crazy he never got a reg season MVP

Damn until watching this video I never realized how rocky Drews career started off. I was probably too engulfed with my Steelers QB problems of the early 2000's Lol. I was about 16 when we drafted Ben and my life revolved around football already for about 8-10 years, so it's hard looking back and not remembering certain things. By the time Big Ben burst onto the scene and Rivers taking over in San Diego, Dree moving onto New Orleans, I guess Rivers and Drew both having success it just was never as big of a story as it could've been. I honestly don't really even remember the Drew Bree in Diego era. I remember his start with New Orleans though. And he must've been highly respected at that point, bc if he wasn't I would've remembered that. New Orleans was always a team I'd put my money on with Brees at QB.

Great video man! Enjoyed this while eating breakfast 😎

Im glad you made this video. He was very underrated. This man was a beast!!! Rivers retired never won a Superbowl. Brees retired in the top five qb of all time. And, won a Superbowl. He was a great qb.

Awesome video. Brees had a wild ride and seeing it from beginning to end was a pleasure. Even at Purdue he wasn’t getting much respect nationally. Maybe that prepared him for everything he was going to have to face as a professional.

Thank you for telling the true story. It seems unbelievable as it stands, but its even worse for the Saints' fans from a historical perspective of the franchise.

Something you didnt touch on, The saints were dominating His last game against the bucs, driving to increase their lead. Then their TE fumbled and the Bucs never looked back. Still so pissed about that and everything else

Hey i like this vid. Saw Drew Brees when he did a book signing in my town over 10 years ago. Awesome player I'm glad I watched your vid

Sometimes I used to think that maybe Brees was too good at leading drives to put us back in the lead. So many times he did it so quickly that you felt uneasy with so much time left on the clock. He will always be my favorite player to ever play the game. What he did for New Orleans and the long time fans who endured years of torture is nothing short of amazing. He brought hope back to a city that was devastated and overcame what many thought was a curse put on the team to bring home a Super Bowl trophy. GOAT

Brees was so fun to watch man. Every game was it's own masterpiece and done by a masterclassman.

Honestly this is a great example of “accolades don’t make the player great” Talent and skill is talent and skill.

Damn dude, another amazing video!

What also fascinated me is how often the Saints fell into unfortunate circumstances in the Playoff seeding. 2010: Saints go 11-5 but have to go on the road to a 7-9 team because the division winner gets a home Playoff Game. 2011: Saints to 13-3 but end up the 3 seed and still have to play a road divisional game with no bye, because the 49ers won a tiebreaker and the Packers went 15-1. 2013: Saints go 11-5 and end up as the lowest seed thus having to play Seattle in the second round because a 12-4 49ers team was a Wild Card. 2019: Saints go 13-3 and AGAIN get the 3 seed instead of a bye because of an out of this world play by George Kittle. 2020: Get the 2 seed immediately after the second bye is removed and the bracket reseeds thanks to Seattle losing to an injured Rams team so they have to play Tom Brady in the Divisional Round. Same with his missed opportunities for MVP 2009: Peyton Manning puts up a historic season and the Colts go 14-0 before resting their guys. 2010: Tom Brady wins the first unanimous MVP with a 36-4 TD-INT ratio for the 14-2 Patriots. 2011: Aaron Rodgers has arguably the best season of any QB ever going 15-1 with a 122 passer rating (highest all time). 2013: Peyton Manning posts the greatest offensive season in NFL history with 55 TDs and 5477 yards, both records. 2018: Mahomes throws for 50 TDs and 5000 yards, another historic season If Brees’s prime coincided with literally any other era he would’ve had at least one MVP.

As a Saints fan, I wish we had better defenses throughout his time there. Maybe he could've finished with 3 or maybe even 4 rings. Great video man keep it up.

Best documentary channel by far

Great video, keep up the great work. Have you considered doing a video on the perfect storm that was Tom Brady's last Super Bowl season?

Incredible how people annually put Aaron Rodgers over Brees while they have the same number of rings and Brees has overalls better numbers.

He was robbed of the 2009-10 MVP. Ironically, he defeated that same guy in the Superbowl & earned the SB MVP

Man, Drew is a really good guy. I used to know him pretty well. He deserves every single bit of success he has ever had. Great human being.

Excellent presentation

At the time he retired, Brees lost more games after giving his team the lead the last time he had the ball in his hands than Brady, Manning, and Rodgers combined

At least Drew Brees retired with a ring 💍

This video is amazing

SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID IT! I’ve been on this since 2014. I firmly believe that Brees is a top 4 QB OAT, but is by far the least fortunate of the greats. Its not even close.

Nothing can describe my love for drew and the saints, agony

I completely agree with you on Bounty Gate. There’s no telling how many teams had a similar system going on.

"Everyone's favorite creature care taker Michel Vick" had me weak.

Didn’t have to make me shed a tear man… god damn… who dat ⚜️⚜️ savior of the saints.. even through all that bad luck I will never not be grateful for that man. ⚜️

Non saints fans really cannot understand or fathom how much the defense, and the saints organization's inability to build a defense, tarnished this man's legacy. I say it to everyone I have a debate with about this. You put Drew on the teams and the situations Tom Brady was gifted with for most of his career he would have a relatively equal amount of success. Because he had an equal amount of work ethic and desire to win and arguably more talent because he is undisputedly the most accurate quarterback to ever play. The Saints waited till the very tail end of Drew's career to finally put competent defenses on the field for him when his arm was already shot and he had to become a game manager style player. 2011 in particular it is unforgivable how much his defense let him and that historic offense down.

Finally after a year but Alr know this is gonna be another good vidoe

Superb video

I miss drew bree's he was a good Qb and was just had 1 weapon. Also shows that all those old names that you love are gone. Tom Brady leaving. Drew Bree's retired, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and many more qb's and plenty of others.

Great video

Ive been waiting for this

Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers, and drew brees are all QBs who get the blame every time their defense doesn't show up in the playoffs. Also I like the career story videos now

As a Falcons fan, I do feel for Brees. He was the only guy on the Saints that I didn’t hate. Shame his career was tarnished by corruption and evil. Still a Hall of Famer in my mind. But…not a surefire hall of famer.

Great vid

Drew Brees was essentially the 2000s version of Marino (but with an actual superbowl win).

The most underrated athlete of all time in any sport, the greatest New Orleans Saint ever and one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all time certainly top 5. He’s retired with almost every single QB record there is yet he’s rarely mentioned in the with Brady, Montana, or Manning even tho should he be. He has better stats than Peyton and did it with 1 pro bowl WR (Thomas) meanwhile Peyton was throwing to Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark in the prime of his career, When Brees was throwing for 300 and 400 yard games in the playoffs his defenses would blow it giving up the Beast Mode Run, Minneapolis Miracle, Vernon Davis Catch meanwhile Tom Brady’s defenses were top 10 (18) times in 21 years and picking off passes at the goal line. Brees also outplayed and beat Peyton Manning in a super bowl where he was the underdog. Brees had arguably the most talented team in the league his last 4 years but he didn’t have it in his prime like those QBs Brady, Montana, and Manning) did considering they played with Hall of famers such as Randy Moss, Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Ronnie Lott, Ty Law , Marvin Harrison, Rodney Harrison, Rob Gronkowski, Reggie Wayne, Edgerrin James, Von Miller, Darelle Revis, Asante Samuel, Vince Wilfork, Richard Seymour, Willie McGinest, Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis and many more, now name one hall of famer Brees played with during his prime..... I’ll wait. Peyton had better WRs and Brady had wayyyyyyyyyy better defenses and teams in their primes and I truly believe if this man had a couple of those players I named or defenses he’d have a lot more Super Bowls and a bunch of NFL MVP awards also that 2018 super bowl was his if not for the refs robbing him but I can’t go by what if’s so I’ll go by what I saw and say he’s the 5th best QB of all time but number 1 in my heart. From holding his son after the SB win in 2009 to breaking Dan Marino’s passing record against the rival Falcons in 2011 to breaking Johnny Unitas’s consecutive game with a TD record to breaking Peyton Manning’s all time yardage record and touchdown record also setting the single game record going 29 for 30 at the age of 40 to all those beautiful throws to Thomas, Colston, Graham, Sproles, Moore, Henderson, Meachem, Watson, and so many more to his over the top touchdown dives to dropping 6 touchdowns on a number 1 ranked 49ers defense at 40 years old to beating Brady 5 out of 8 games this man has brought more memorable moments and images to my life than I can count and that’s not even including what he’s done for the city of New Orleans. Before he got to New Orleans the Saints were known as the “AINTS” and our fans use to wear paper bags over our heads than he came in and changed everything. He was damn near my dad growing up and always someone I could look up to. A player they labeled to small, a player they labeled done after tearing his shoulder, a player who saved a city after a hurricane had destroyed it! 🐐🐐🐐

Definitely not the most tortured man in the NFL. He had a hall of fame career, and took his team to the promise land onet ime. There are QB's who went through much more torture than Brees. Players that never won a Superbowl, and won't make the hall of fame because of torturous circumstances. Romo is one of those guys.

long time saints fan and drew brees was a soldier love that man he’s an all time legend

As a New Orleanian, who was lucky to grow up at a time where he led our team. It was a damn shame to see him go. My first game (2 years old) was the one where they announced Katrina was gonna hit the city. He is kind, humble, and a stand up guy. We all miss him dearly

make a video on Patrick Mahomes or josh Allen’s child hood so far? That would be cool

I’ve never thought of his career that way . When I think Drew Brees, I think elite, Super Bowl winning, future HOF, and I’m not even a saints fan. I didn’t quite realize how many times he got shafted tho. But I’d call his overall career a huge success, he was one of the top elite qbs of his era, and has a ring.

I love your yt channel ❤

TubFrog we missed you

That pic at 2:21 says it all. LT fully enthusiastic about signing with the Chargers while Brees standing there with a half hearted smile… should’ve been obvious which one was gonna stick around and which one was gonna leave

Brees deserves no criticism after his great career. This hit piece is uncalled for.

As a falcons fan. Watching brees ruin my life for a decade before we even retaliated with any kind of talent with Julio jones and Matt Ryan, I will always think he’s the most accurate and consistent player in the last 30 years

Before Drew Breese, the Saints were a cursed team who only had a few winning seasons, a few playoff appearances and no playoff wins. He brought greatness to the Saints.

Brees saying "worst f****** mistake this organization could make" reminds me of Brady saying "I'm the best decision this organization has ever made."