The veteran New Orleans defender ended his professional career after 20 seasons
The career of the star defender of New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees, It’s over.
EFuture Hall of Famer defender announces retirement from NFL after 20 seasons as a professional, through a video posted on his Instagram account, with his children.
“After 20 years with the Saints and in the NFL, our father is finally retiring, so he will spend more time with us,” say his three sons and daughter. Brees in the video, where curiously the defender does not appear, although he wears T-shirts with number 9.
Although he waited until almost the beginning of the new league year, which officially takes place on March 17, his retirement Brees it was expected from elimination saints last post-season.
Brees ends a successful career that included several records and a title Super Bowl.
Brees He retires as the all-time leader in the yards with 80,358 and completions with 7,142, and is second in the runways with 571, behind Tom Brady’s 581, who set the mark this season.
In his 20 years as a professional, Brees accumulated a record of 172-114, the fourth with the most victories in history for a quarterback, behind Brett Favre (186-112), Peyton Manning (186-79) and Brady (230-69) and in the playoffs he had nine victories.
During the 2009 season he guided saints at his only Super Bowl, with a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami and was voted MVP of that game.
Also, Brees He was selected 13 times in the Pro Bowl, has an All-Pro selection from the first team and won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 2004 and was the first NFL leader on seven occasions.
Brees was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 Purdue draft and played there until 2005, when he left as a free agent and signed with saints.
The last game of Brees, who already has an agreement to become a television analyst, was during the defeat saints compared to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-20, in the divisional round of the National Conference, where he threw 19 completions on 34 passes for just 134 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions.
At the end of the game, Brees left the Mercedes-Benz Superdome field, saying goodbye to the fans while throwing kisses in the stands.
However, the career of Brees was marked by injuries in recent years, playing his last full season in 2017. Last season Brees, missed four games after suffering 11 broken ribs and a perforated lung in Week 10’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers,
Retreat Brees leaves saints with a tight situation in the position of defender, where he is the only contracted player Taysom Hill, who was the incumbent in his absence Brees. Alternate Jameis Winston is scheduled to become a free agent.