The New Orleans Saints have built their team around Drew Brees for years on end. The star quarterback managed to keep them relevant for a while, and even got them a Super Bowl following the 14-2 2009 season. But recently, he hasn’t quite been able to keep up with the annual defensive incompetence New Orleans puts on display year after year.
Next year, he won’t have to: he’s set to be a free agent in 2017, and the Saints will have to find a way to keep him around, or face the prospect of collapsing to the bottom of the NFC South.