Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints still must close a significant gap in guaranteed money if they are to agree on a five-year contract worth about $100 million by Monday's looming deadline for a long-term deal, said a person familiar with the negotiations. The sides were more than $10 million apart in the guaranteed portion of the contract on Wednesday, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because talks the talks are ongoing. The stakes are high for both sides and the negotiations have lasted for months, including long gaps in communication between the two camps. Brees, who is 33 and entering his 12th season, has never before had the chance to negotiate a contract on par with the elite quarterbacks of the game. The Saints, meanwhile, risk alienating the best quarterback in franchise history, not to mention their fan base, by failing to make an offer to his satisfaction by Monday - the deadline for players with the franchise tag to sign long-term deals. Source: Associated Press
the buzz around here is that the Saints are offering just over 19 million a year average and Brees wants 20.5. People around here is getting tired of all this crap.
The only thing that could possibly make any sense out of this article of anonymity is that the holdup could possibly center around guaranteed money for Brees (and Condon, of course).
he should sign his tender and show up to training camp but only play with his left hand until they work something out
