Drew Brees 2019 Fantasy Football Player Profile

Player: Drew Brees

Team: New Orleans Saints

The key to the rebound of Brees as a passer will come with the development of his secondary WRs. He has an elite pass-catching back, a stud WR1 and a TE with upside in the passing game. If he finds a fourth option at WR, his passing attempts will push back to above the league average. Either way, his starting point for me in 2019 is about 4,200 passing yards with 30 TDs.

It was interesting to see that Brees attempted the lowest number of passes in his career since 2004 (489). It was also the second straight year that his completions regressed (364). Brees set a career-high in completion rate (74.5%) helped by a high number of catches (108) and…