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What the retirement of Drew Brees does to the competitive balance of the NFC

As Rams fans well know, the Saints came extremely close to reaching the Super Bowl three seasons ago. That’s not surprising, given that New Orleans won at least 11 games in eight of Drew Brees’s final 12 seasons. And they only posted four 7-9 seasons because a) they had the worst defense in the NFL those years and b) Brees did everything in his power to keep the Saints from going 1-15 when that happened.

On Sunday, Drew Brees announced his retirement.

The retirement of Brees comes after 15 straight seasons of leading New Orleans in passing yards and seven times leading the entire NFL in that category.