NEW ORLEANS -- Drew Brees said he felt "sad for New Orleans" but also "angry at New Orleans" in the wake of former teammate Will Smith's death in a shooting late Saturday night following a traffic accident.
Like New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton did on Monday and many others have done over the past 48 hours, Brees talked passionately on WWL Radio on Monday night about the overwhelming amount of gun violence in New Orleans and elsewhere.
Brees was asked what could come out of Smith's situation to possibly help and to keep people from reacting to incidents like this with, "Oh, that's New Orleans.