The Chub Rock's Blog

Just wanted to share an email that I sent to the "Board," a group of four good friends that barrage one another with emails all day:

Why all the hating on Daunte especially considering the risk/reward here - no $10 mill or whatever guarantees Brees was demanding. This is a guy who threw for 4,700 yards two seasons ago. Last season was a bad year for him and I think that has soured people's perspective, which is unfair b/c it was 7-8 games and because it also included losing his best receiver, his offensive coordinator, tearing his knee and getting in trouble for piping activities on a boat - i mean, cmon. I acknowledge the knee injury as a real issue, but this is a QB who was heralded as Top 7-8 in the league just 24 months ago. This is also a guy who has never really played with an elite RB and comes into a situation where he potentially will be playing with two Top RBs. This is huge for him and for Ronnie as we all know that the NFL is the ultimate team sport.

Lets not forget that Drew Brees has thus far played with the best back in the NFL, a dual threat running and catching. This has absolutely undoubtedly allowed this little pisher to go out and ask for the world. Lets give the Chargers organization the benefit of the doubt here for a minute. A team that let Vick go to trade down and get LaDanian, that let Eli go to get a yet-to-be proven Philip Rivers. Maybe they're making all the right moves. So lets see how successful Brees is with a solid RB, but coming off an injury in Deuce, but clearly not LT caliber.

Bottom line is this - The risk/reward is there and I can't say the same if they succumbed to Brees's demands. AND, would you rather a proven QB coming off a knee injury or a shoulder injury, especially the throwing shoulder. AND, would you rather get a QB thru the draft thereby foregoing the next 3 years. This is a no-brainer to me. Daunte just turned 29 in January. He is arguably in the prime of his career. Here's hoping the ultimate evaluation of Nick and Dave is in what they did with their 2nd round picks.