Brees swaps familiarity for a maximum deal

Drew Brees officially has moved closer to Tom Brady than Peyton Manning on the Goodfellas scale. Brees, who had always maximized his earnings from the Saints, traded staying put over getting even more by agreeing to a two-year, $50 million deal. That’s a $25 million annual average, a full $2.5 million per year less than [more]