It seemed like such a small thing at the time, but the injury to Drew Brees on Sunday threatens to derail the New Orleans Saints‘ 2019 season.
Brees, who has produced PFF grades above 80.0 every season since we began grading back in 2006, was already looking impressive coming off a 94.0 PFF grade in 2018, the highest of his career. On 66 dropbacks this season he had produced a grade of 91.0 and very much looked capable of leading the Saints deep into the playoffs once again, but this injury makes life much more difficult for them moving forward.