Join us for a special seven-week series of "Off the Edge with Cam Jordan," where we're featuring standout interviews from Season 1.
This week, Cam is revisiting his conversation with none other than his former teammate and future Hall of Famer Drew Brees.
In this interview, Cam and Drew discuss the possibilities of teaming up for Flag Football in the 2028 Olympics. Drew shares whether or not he still has the arm strength to compete in the NFL. He then breaks down why he believes Brock Purdy and Tua Tagovailoa are the two quarterbacks in the NFL most comparable to himself. Delving into the ups and downs of the New Orleans Saints' season, Drew provides his observations and analysis. Then, Drew and Cam explore the importance of veteran leadership, drawing from Drew's own experiences.
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What's up, people, it's your boy Camjay back with another episode of Off the Edge with Cam Jordan. Now, as we gear it for another exciting season, I wanted to reflect on some of the incredible guests I had the pleasure of sitting down with last season. But hey, don't worry, though, I got you. New episodes coming your way real soon. Relax, I got you. But in the meantime, in between time, let's rewind and play back some of my favorite interviews from season one. This week, I'm bringing you an interview with the true leader of men, a New Orleans savior, a man who's won a Super Bowl right down under whether Super Bowl's coming up this upcoming year. Some call him Breezes. I call him Drew Orleans. That's right, folks, I'm talking about none other than my former quarterback, Drew Breeze. Take a listen, hey, it's my honor, my privilege of bringing a teammate, a leader of sorts, a leader of men, because beyond just football, he does everything well. I don't know who he doesn't leave. You look up to him. I look up to him. The world looks up to him. It's Drew Orleans. Drew Breesiana. It's it's it's Drew's way. It just is what it is. Drew Brees Breeziana. My dog Mark V would hit him with all types of nicknames while he was throwing nice ball number nine. I see, Drew Breesiana is sailing today. You know, those type of situations as we were practiced from twenty eleven through twenty twenty when I was teammates. He was part of the New Orleans Saints from two thousand shit nine six two thousand and six to twenty twenty, who fifteen years of New Orleans. Drew Brees. I appreciate you tapping in.
With me, big dog.
Welcome to Cam, you know, off the Edge with Cam Jeordan Jay.
You make me feel good. Man, I missed I I don't have a hype. I don't have a hype guy anymore. You know. Ah when I'm just when I'm feeling down or depressed or get you know, just like down on myself, I just gotta I just gotta hit you up. You you and Mark Man, y'all like ma yell a.
My guys, come on, man, you're you're my goat. You're my go you know, like nobody in the history of the NFL has ever thrown for four more five thousand yard seasons. You know, now that you're retired, I can say these things with confidence.
Nobody's gonna do it.
You know, super Bowl MVP. You know been to Super Bowl should we could have gone back to two or three of them in twenty eleven and twenty nineteen, like could have could have been, could have been, records, could have been, could have been us?
Hey, I wouldn't. I wouldn't trade it. I wouldn't. I wouldn't trade any of it. Man, those those those fifteen years, and shoot, we had a lot. We had ten seasons together, Cam ten ten. I mean you're you're that. You came in as that that young pup, you know, talented but kind of big eyes right like trying to figure it out. And now look at you, man, you're like you're the old dog. You're the one everybody goes to giving out words of wisdom and advice based on all this wealth of knowledge and experience you have.
Now, Man, no doubt, who's who's who's your who's your you know, who's your jeweler, Who's who's your sup guy? Who's your Like, I'm like, did we get to football. Yeah, Hey, who's like, who's your barber? I don't have a barber. I've been doing my hair like for so long. I got a great barber now. But like you know, like who's your massuse? I can't get you my massuse because I use him and I can't have him being too congested.
Right, Yeah, there's some secrets that just you know, can't give out, you know.
Absolutely, But like I said, Leaders of Men, Drew, let's talk about this. My kid plays in your league. I say it's to Drew League. I believe the name of the league is FNA. I call it Drew Orleans Ball. But you started that up a couple of years back. When did that start off? How did you get to New Orleans?
I coach. I've coached just about all my my boys, so let's see. It's hard to believe too. My boys are now fourteen, thirteen and eleven, so ninth grade, seventh grade, sixth grade. But I had a chance to coach him all the way up. So yeah, we we started. Yeah, our bailing. It was actually this started when Baalin was in kindergarten. He was playing in a flag football league and it was a good league. But it was one of those things where I just saw all kinds of areas where it could improve, from just the overall family experience to the rules to and then it really just got me on this path of you know, youth football is interesting because, yeah, once you get to tackle, it is what it is. But the flag game is so so different because a there's all these different leagues and they're playing by different rules. Some are five on five, some aer six on six, some are seven on seven. Different field size is different, flag like all kinds of stuff. And I was like, how do I standardize this to a point where this becomes the type of flag football that's played that everybody really embraced. Is because it's safe, it's fun, and it prepares kids in the best way for tackle football if they choose to want to go on and play tackle. So that was really the kind of the objective was how do we create the gold standard for flag football that kids can play and enjoy with with like the reality that you know, maybe thirty to forty percent of all the kids that play flag football end up going on and playing tackle, But that's not the point. The point, I think for me and for you is football has meant so much in our life, and it's it's taught us so much about life. We've developed so many traits, qualities, attributes as a result of football, and I think it's important that every kid gets a chance to experience that. And it doesn't have to be the tackle level, but how can we help them develop a love and a passion for the game that they'll carry with them forever. And if it wasn't for flag football, they may never get a chance to experience it. So how do we create the experience possible? So that's that was like the origin and I think the you know, really the story behind howf ANDA started, and that was in twenty seventeen in New Orleans. We started off with three leagues and then brought it to California, and then the leagues started popping up in Texas and in the Midwest and other places. So now we've got thirty leagues nationwide, represented about eight states. And it's awesome, man, it's awesome. Right.
I was like, it's taken off my daughter, My five year old Nia, plays flag in football. She just scored her first she just scored her first touchdown this past weekend, and as a dad, I was like, oh, she's finally in there. Because at five years old, you usually have like the really really good kids that I swear have been training since birth, and you have everybody else at a five years old, they're just like, oh and there's an ant hill right here, and just the gay man. It's like complete opposites. And now, like you know, you see that difference. But she just scored her first touchdown and previously she was on soccer and now she's like, Dad, I like playing flag football. I was like, hey, baby, that's all I want to do, expose you to something different.
Yeah. Well, here's the other thing is, you know, they just they just made the announcement last week that flag football will be in the twenty twenty eight Olympics in Los Angeles, unveiled October. It's going to be a five on five version, which I think is probably more appropriate just as you think about, you know, the worldwide kind of embracing of the sport of football that probably kind of brings to competitive levels, you know, more more equal to you know, you know, across all countries. But you saw it this year with what they did with NFL teams basically having a chance to partner with different countries. Like I went over to France on behalf of the Saints, you know, so that France is kind of like our sister country, you know, from the New Orleans Saints. So it's one of our charges now, you know, across all the NFL teams is to you know, partner with a country around the world and then help provide support resources to help grow the game of football in those countries, so that here in five years we're going to have young young men and young ladies out there representing their countries playing flag football. So what a great way to continue to grow the sport around the world. And also I think for young girls, give them a vision for what's possible. Right Like, young girls up until this point have been playing flag football, and hey, it's fun, but at some point it ends. Well right now, doesn't necessarily have to end right like that chance on and represent your country at the Olympics, becoming a list and doing that.
Drew, I'm not saying you're timeless, but I'm saying, like you were slinging the rocket forty years old, twenty twenty eight, are you are you? Are you still gonna try and get out there and sling that thing? One good time. I seen Look, I.
Just saw you.
I just saw you last weekend, Drew. I saw the heater. I saw the heater with the left.
Did you see how I was gonna say? You saw me throwing left? Look if I trained, Man, it's so tampting, Bro, it's.
So tamped I might change. This is about twenty twenty eight, Like I may lose thirty to try and get in.
Bro, I would. I'm more so I think I've passed the baton on to the young, to the young Breeze kids, you know what I'm saying, And to Tank, to Tank Jordan. You know, I think I think I think we're passing the baton on to the next generation to go represent the US and the Olympics.
I'm saying, like your oldest kid to be like eighteen or nineteen.
That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Like we're here right about time.
Member, Hey, I might I might have to hold it down for the joy and try and just drop thirty. Be like, yeah, what's up? I'm here for this five on five?
Yeah? Yeah? Uh Megan, Megan, Mega Tribe.
That's what I'm saying, Hey, treat, treat me like Jimmy and Jimmy in twenty thirteen, if you see me in en zone, you know it's good.
Right right? TDB? That was that was That was Jimmy and My saying back in the day. TDB stand for throw me, throw me damn if I'm if I'm in the in zone, I'm open. Okay, nobody else around here in six seventy I'm open. Nobody.
Nobody know why I've never actually asked you this question, because you know, I'm just thinking. I'm thinking like draft comparables, because now I got I'm thinking about my kids in the draft, Your kids in the draft. Every year they come out with like those comparables, right the next Cam Jordan, the next you know, I have not seen the next Drew Brees. And is there one? Have you ever seen somebody comparative? And I only bring this up because Toron said two is like the next Drew Brees. Toron arms it over in Miami was like, man, he's got a lot of measurables, a lot of comparables to Drew Brees. And I said, huh.
Yeah, okay, so I think I think the first I think the first thing, Well, first off, everybody and Look, Sean Pagne used to say this all the time, Like we sit around and talk about personnel. You know, you're trying to see how different guys fit into the system, whether it's offense or defense. And look, we're all visual people, and so if you can anytime you can take someone and and give them a comparison, I think it just gives you an immediate vision as to oh, okay, like now, now I see how that guy fits into this offense because I know the guy's skill set that you were just talking about. If we're saying this guy can eventually be that guy, all right, I've got a vision for him. Right, So, I think the first the first thing I think of when somebody says like, oh, that's a Drew Brees. First off, you're talking about a short quarterback. Like, let's just be honest, you you're talking about a guy who's like, you know, on the shorter side, right, so maybe part of the six foot and under like yours truly right here? Whoa a bro? I appreciate that it's babe, But I like to think that we've changed the perception or the misconception about the short quarterback. Right Like back when I was first coming into the league like that was a big deal. Even ten years ago, that was a big deal. I think enough has happened now where you see the Russell Wilson's, the Kyler Murray's, the Baker mayfields some of these other guys now that are man, they're like six foot six one, and I don't even it's not even discussed anymore. Like that used to be the first thing out of somebody's mouth if they were trying to, you know, talk bad about a kid coming out of my eyes he's only six foot. Nobody says that anymore, Right, So, I think the game has evolved and changed enough to where maybe that misconception's gone. But then, like, let's look at the other things. Okay, I was never the strongest armed guy, right Like, I felt like I could make all the throws, but I was forced to throw with anticipation because it you know, maybe I didn't have as strong and all arm as some of the other guys in the league. Well what is throwing with anticipation force you to do? It forces you to be prepared and to be on the same page with your receivers, to have incredible chemistry, to know what the defense is because You've got to know where defenders are and where they're not, because guess what, you aren't always going to see those defenders, but you're going to know the spot and you're gonna have to trust that. I've always felt like accuracy is trust and anticipation, right, Trust, trust to play, trust the coverage, trust the guy you're throwing to anticipate the throw, and the ball is where it needs to be. And you got to expect your gott to be there too. Why do you expect them to do that because you've worked at it? Right, because you worked at it.
Did you develop that and Purdue or the Chargers or when did you didn't? Just like you weren't straight out of Texas. Like anticipation, I got no, but I kind of was, though.
I mean that's to me that that's always been my survival mechanism. You know, like you learn to survive, right, I mean call it what you want animals in the wild, like right, like you chameleons changing color so they don't get attacked or you know, like like they blend in Like that's you. You have to do what you have to do in order to survive and get the job done. And so if you're not a strong arm guy. You have to learn to throw with anticipation or else ball's not going to get there on time. Ball's going to get knocked down, picked off. I'm not going to succeed. So I look at guys like toa, I look at guys like Brock Purty. To me, maybe those are two of the guys that are most similar from the perspective of Hey, they're shorter quarterbacks, right, they're not the strongest armed guys. I would say, look man like, they've got a lot of experience. I mean, to two had a lot of college snaps. Brock Party at Iowa State had a lot of college snaps. I was a three year starter in college. I think that's something that as scouts look at, you know, young qbs that can't be underestimated, and that is their experienced level in college. Like look at the hype that was put around guys like Trubisky, Trey Lance. And I'm not saying those guys aren't going to become, you know, great players, but those guys only had eleven games or less in college. Right, So you think about the number of games, the number snaps, the amount of experience, Like you kind of expect them to come in and be this world beater. Well, no, that takes time, right, It takes time because it takes experience, and it takes reps and just time on task. Right. So I think these are all things that as you look at like this next generation of QBS man, experience in college is so important, right, and then you know what, height's no longer an issue, Like can this dude process the game? Does he have leadership ability? Can he throw anticipation? You know? Is can he you know? Does he fight back from adversity? Like does he have some mental toughness and fortitude like overcome tough situations because everybody's going to face those tough situations even within the course of the game. Does this guy have a mechanism where he can move on from bad plays and get on to the next play and not let that effect you know what's going to hap and next to get right back on track.
Can you quantify that as an attribute? Though? Like can you be like, oh, what is his mentality as from drafting somebody Like you're like, oh, you can you can only deal with your tangibles? How do you Is there a gauge for that?
Well, no, I'd say this, like, man, like I'm going to bring up names that that you know because we played with these guys. Like Pierre Thomas was the first guy that came to mind. Pierre Thomas, undrafted free agent out of University Illinois. Right, nobody's heard of Pierre Thomas. Now if you really start looking at it, Pierre Thomas, I think was the all time Big Ten yardage leader in return yards in the history of the Big Ten. Like nobody would ever know that, But like that tells me this dude does stuff when he has the ball in his hands, all right, number one, number two, This dude comes in and basically makes our twenty seventeen by blocking like two punts in pre season because we had drafted Antonio Pittman a Roman round the fourth round right that year, And here's Tt coming in as an undrafted free agent, and basically he's only going to make the team on special teams, right, So he ends up making the team, But he plays so well in the preseason that like we're forced to cut this other guy, right, and then he starts off the year at like four string running back. He blocks upon on Sunday Night football at Seattle when they're undefeated No. Seven, right, and then before the end of the year. This dude's the starter. The last Dame was Teason who played at Chicago and one hundred yards rushing, one hundred yards receiving. It's like the first time it's ever been done in Saint's history.
Drew Drew, what year is that? And why do you remember?
Dude? I got because I got crazy recall when it comes to this kind of stuff, because like these are life lessons, right, Like these are the things that I'll sit up at night and tell my kids, or like something will happen in a game and I'll be like, let me tell your story. Let me tell you a story about somebody. Right, And like Peter Thomas, here's the dude who was just constantly sold short, like man, you're not good enough, We're not going to draft you, Like you don't have to make the team on special teams that like, this dude did nothing but earn it, like every single day, right until all of a sudden it was time for him to get his opportunity. And guess what, he was ready. He was ready, and he wasn't afraid of failure. He wasn't afraid of adversity. He wasn't afraid of challenges or stuff being hard because they'd been through it. Man, he's been through it his whole life, right all the way up through his career too. How many times have we seen guys come in this league and man, it's just been spoon fed to him. It's been given to him. They never really had to never really had to face it like that kind of adversity or earn it like it's it's just been coddled a little bit and all of a sudden stuff gets hard, you know, And I've never had to face this before. I don't know what this is like. And then going to tank and they don't have that mechanism just to be able to like, man, this is just part of life, right, this is what's here to make me better, and you know, like, I'm ready for this. It's a it's it's it's probably the main thing that's wrong with the transfer portal right now. You're just you're just making it easy on everybody. Oh, you're you're unhappy, Okay, you can you always have an out. Well, guess what happens if you be in a situation where you don't have an out and you got to figure it out, you know what I'm saying, Like, that's we are depriving a lot of these college kids the opportunity to face adversity and to develop the traits and attributes they're gonna help them be the best they can be, not just in in athletics.
But in life on and off the field.
Driving these kids, man, let's let's make them work for it, make them earn it. I'll get off my soalbox now care.
No, I mean, I'm with you, but I also I'll be seeing these kids leave for these bigger nil deals And I'm like, and that's what you get when you ball out, you get a bigger call. I said, that's yeah.
So what do we Yeah, so what's what are we putting? What are we putting the priority on? Are we putting on education? Are we putting on being in the best system, the best program, the best coach, like the best environment? No?
Maybe, hey, maybe you know, if you're if you're leaving you know, like uh, Ohio State, and you you know, because you're not star in there or whatever it is, and you get a transfer into like a University of California, Berkeley, You've just elevated your education right there.
Boom. But how hard is it to be a college coach right now?
Man? Oh yeah, no doubt, no doubt. My d my D line coach now is a DC over at Oregon, Or my D line coach from college that cal is a DC over at Oregon. And I mean luckily they have forty five different jerseys every other week, so I mean it's probably a little easier his ways. But it's yeah, these kids don't care. They're going for a dollar signs.
Out unless your name is coach prime or you have an endless budget, right Nick, say the right like you? It's so hard, man, it's so this Actually in IOL is the non in IOL transfer portal is the best thing for Alabama. It's the best way for Alabama. You know why because Alabama can never make a bad investment. Now, never make a bad What if I told you Cam that you could invest money into something and if it doesn't work out, you just get your money back and you can move on to the next one, like you'd never go wrong. Right. My point is this, Alabama's recruiting pitch to kids is, hey, come here, we'll coach your heart. We'll get the best out of you. Every year. We're going to bring in the best players, and if it doesn't work out for it, you can transfer and give us back that scholarship. How about that, right?
And so it works both ways.
Yeah, but man, it's really good for Alabama. Think about it. Otherwise that would have to be really selected, right, because all of a sudden, you recruit a kid, he comes in, maybe he's not what you thought he was. You're stuck with him. You're not stuck with him anymore. You just you just treat him like practice so thieves, and then you take a scholarship back and you just go make another investment. You never lose, man, you never lose.
I mean that's the I hate now that you say I'm formulating, what's what's going wrong? I'm like, all right, no, that that that creates a lot of holes in the things. Like these kids. Yeah absolutely, So Now where do these kids formulate the mindset to become a leader like you? Like, in my mind in college, like that's how I became a leader. It was like that freshman. Be sure, I was a true freshman. So like I fought to get playing time. I fought, you know, I was on all special teams. In my mind, I just popped off my freshman season. I made the first tackle on kickoff against Tennessee at Cal right, and I was like I had to work my way up even you know, like that made me who I was. I looked at a defensive end opposite of me, Tyson Lulu, who ended up going to the Jacksonville Jaguars, like top ten picks or whatever. It was like there was a mission there. I was like, I want to be better than him. There's like, you know, goals there. There was never leave Cal. I guess it was like, how do I make the best of this four years that I have?
Yep, exactly, So let's be honest. Like there was moments during my freshman year where I questioned myself. I questioned, you know, was like doing the right thing? Was I in the right environment, was on the right situation? Like every I think every kid has those feelings and emotions perfectly natural. But if the answer to that is stuck it up, like learning him adversity, it's supposed to be hard. Embrace the challenge. You're not going anywhere like then you you work through it. On the other hand, if it is hey, it's okay, you can just leave, you can you're gonna you can just hit the reset button on your video game controller. Right, you're having a bad game, you just hit the reset button and just go somewhere else and just start over. Right, It's okay. And oh guess what if it doesn't work out there, let's just reset it again. Let's just keep let's just keep kicking this can down the road. Let's just keep transferring out till you find so like, come on, come on now, look, I'm not saying that. At some point, like look, Joe Burrow is a perfect example. He goes Ohio State Red Shirts, sits for two years, gets beat out, gets beat out, timing again. So you know what, I'm gonna transfer out. But man, he was there three seasons at least, I believe, And so he's man, he's had to fight through it. He's had to struggle, he's had to Now he's got a giant chip on his shoulder when he leaves three years later, and look what happens when he goes to LSU. So look, there are there are successful examples of that, but it was after a period of time where they had to like get through the fire a bit. You know, they had to suffer a bit. And I'm sure I'm sure that that Joe Burrow would would would recognize the value of being at Ohio State for three years.
It probably, i mean probably made him up more of a more of a leader because he valued it that much more.
There's no question. Man, I'll tell you what really comes as a results. That as gratitude, And that's probably the greatest trait than any of us could have. His gratitude.
Drew to beck to you with that added to your leadership qualities, Like when did you become a leader? Because when I got there, you already had the huddle chance going, And like when did you become a leader? You weren't just a born leader or maybe you were. Texas football is different. I don't know.
I say this, I'd say I've always loved sports, right, I've always gravitated sports. You know. Sports always gave me great confidence, you know. I always felt like I was an athletic kid, you know, so I could pick up the sport and I could, you know, usually figure it out pretty quick, you know, and then I'd be good at it, and then that would build self esteem and all that stuff. So I've always wanted to be the guy who had the ball in his hands. Right. If I'm playing basketball, I'm either the point guard of the shooting yard. If I'm playing baseball, I needed the picture of the shortstop, right, Like the list goes on, right, Like I want to be the dude with a ball in his hands. Who's going to win the game, right, or who's in charge, who's in control of the moment in the situation, right, and getting people on the same page and all that, Like I did that, Like that's arrive on that stuff, right. So I do think there is some some innate stuff that happens with that where you can just see it in some kids, right, Like when you're on the field, you're like, man, that guy's got some natural leadership ability, right. But so much of what I learned through the years was from having great mentors, from being around incredible players, like watching guys Like when I stepped into the locker room my rookie year, I was staring at Junior Sayout and Rodney Harrison on the other side of the ball, and I was terrified of these dudes, but like also like just profound respect because these dudes were the first one there. They were working their ass off, like during practice, man they did not let anything slide nothing, So like they set the tone early as to this is the level of expectation, this is the way that we operate around here, and if you don't like it, then get them out right, like you had to get in line. And then I'm alongside Ladanian Tomlinson, right, and then Lorenzo Neil comes in, who was an awesome mental for me. I had Doug Flutie there, I mean, and then you know, I'm playing for Marty Shaunhan, one of the greatest coaches of all time. That I come to New Orleans and it's Sean Payton and it's all the guys like you and others that we played with that I had a chance to be around every day and like woke up every day wanting to go win for so like you're so much of a product of your environment and those that you're surrounded with, and they just bring out the best in you. Like I've always felt like, what's the best leadership traite, Like if you were boil it down, what's the best description of a leader. It's someone who can bring out the best in other people. And that's done in a lot of different ways, right, Like I would call Marcus Colston and Darren Sproll's leaders. Those guys, as you know, did not say much, but all you had to do was watch them work. And if that didn't inspire you, then I don't know if you got a heartbeat. Right, Like those dude would come to work and work their tail off, and like I was so inspired by those guys every day. So I just I feel like I'm just a product of being around some great people, right.
I mean you say that and you can you know, Marcus Colston nine went down in our seasons called him the quiet Storm, But it does say something for the guys who work and talk and inspire, because you can be inspired by watching anybody, you know, but when you talk that talk and you walk that walk, then like that's where, in my mind become a leader. Like you can dub anybody a captain. I feel like a captain is a patch. A leader is something more Like it feels like a leader is a rally point. And that's what I like to be. Like I want to be a rally point because I'm balling because I'm doing things the right way. Like you look, you just gravitate towards all right. Well, if he's doing this, I can push myself to be more. So that's why you were a rally point, like a leader. You know, there's certain guys you just look for, like or the amount of work that he puts in, I gotta put in more. Like you're challenged me to be better, you know. Like that's what I like. Like, Oh, we talk, we talk about excellence. Well, that's why we're being excellent because there's so many things that were going on. But now that I got to this podcast, what do you see from this first seven weeks of New Orleans States football? And how can that be cleared up and or get better? How to assess us let's go with that work.
I mean, look, I think I think defensively, you guys have been pretty consistent. I think offensively it's been it's been a bit inconsistent. I think there's as you look at as you look at every game you've played, I think you would look at and say, man, there's no reason why you couldn't have won all of them. I know Tampa Tampa got all out of control, right, But but besides that, I mean, you guys could be sitting here at whatever.
Seven one one are. We could be sitting at six and one.
Respectively, just right, So, so you know that part is kind of frustrating because, uh, I think you know that there's more in the tank. Look, I think all the pieces are there. Like it'd be one thing if you were sitting here saying, man, I think you know you've had some significant injuries or you know you're just you're really missing some key components. I don't. I don't think you are at all. I don't think you're at all. I think it's certainly as I look at it, like I look offensive side of the ball. You know, Man, when we go up tempo, I think we are highly effective. I think that creates a great rhythm for the offense. I think that's when we are at our best. I think that was shown in the fourth quarter of the other night. Right we get down all of a sudden, we're up temple. Man, We're moving the ball right down the field, and I'm probably it's not like they were just playing prevent and letting it happen. I mean they were. They were running the same pressures, they were doing the same stuff they're doing the whole game. We were just a bit more on point because we had this rhythm and this slow going.
Sense of urgency. I feel like when we go when teams go huddle up, it's either one they're trying to slow the defense down or two their desperation is kicked in.
Yeah, I would. I would say this, man, we have always been an offense that had a lot of things for a defense to worry about. You got Kamara in the backfield, you got tight ends that are explosed. So if you've got receivers all over the place, playmakers that are tough one on one matchups. Right, So I still feel like that is the case, right, Like I still see Mike t being a guy who can catch seven or eight balls a game. I see dudes in Olave and Shaheed that are like meets him and deverywhere for us back you know in that that that window from seven to thirteen where like air raid, like push the ball down the field. You know when you get in the red zone. We said it earlier in the in the in the show, Well if if if Jimmy standing in the end zone, I don't care who's there or who's covering him, that that would be a great that'd be a great spot to use him. I mean, look, there's Taysom Hill is like, I'm I'm still amazed like everything that I see from him, and I should know better. I should know better because I've seen everything this dude can do. And yet I'm sitting there watching the game on Thursday night and the guy was the tight end in two minutes. He probably had thirty five snaps at the tight end position, in addition to quarterback, in addition to running back, and addition all these other positions that he plays. And it's still like, man, it's like he's one of the greatest weapons in the league, right, And so I think, like, if anything, that would just get me really excited. And as this continues to unfold, I think with more of a tempo and just kind of you know, creating the rhythm, getting the ball into these playmakers hands in space right, which we've got plenty of them, and then just finding those matchup problems that we've got them all over the field. I think that we're in a great spot. I really do.
I feel like there's so much potential we have to capitalize. Like now it's becoming you know, we used to have those gotta habit wins. It's becoming in that sense, of like we have to be able to turn it on now, you know, and you knows, as you've taught me over the years. Leadership is so important in these in these locker rooms, this locker room feel, it's leadership, and it's these rally points that this is where you take that Hey, okay with three and four, this is how we go beyond that next step. It's time to elevate, and it starts with the leaders up top. So I appreciate you tune the number. I know you got things you got to do. I wanted to talk about pickaball and how your game is because I still have yet to do it, but we'll talk about that in another day. I just want to know it's being a pickaball owner.
Will you get We've got to get the Saints to build a couple of Pickaball courts right there next to the indoor facility, and we can get some games going, all right, like a little off season, maybe a little Tuesday off day run around, you know, like let's let's get this going.
I mean, you're already a pick aball team owner. How much longer do I have to wait till I just hear that ticker go across Drew Brees. He miss, yeah, come on, I'm just saying fine, say no.
Yeah, Look, I like leaving it to the pros there. You know, I'll just I'll just kind of, you know, just be working behind the scenes here.
Okay, perfect. Appreciate you chopping in, bro. So there you have it. It's a round. I just want to say a huge thank you to all my awesome listeners for with me. I've got a whole locker room full of my favorite interviews from season one coming your way. But before I go, you know the drill. Come on now. Make sure to drop us a five star rating or review and hit that follow button on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch us on YouTube on the official YouTube page of the NFL. Until next time, I'm out.