Ramsey signed a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints on July 28, 2010 ; he was projected to serve as a veteran backup for the Saints ' starting quarterback, Drew Brees, filling the role vacated by Mark Brunell who was not re-signed after the 2009 season.

First, they signed free agent quarterback Drew Brees, who would go on to throw for more passing yards than any other quarterback over the next four seasons.

The team eventually designated Brees a franchise player, giving him a one-year contract that quadrupled his pay to $ 8 million for 2005.

After the season, the Chargers offered Brees a 5-year, $ 50 million contract that paid $ 2 million in base salary the first year and the rest heavily based on performance incentives.

On July 13, the Saints and Brees agreed to a 5 year, $ 100 million contract.

* The Drew and Britney Brees Student Athlete Academic Center, towards which the couple donated $ 2M in the fall of 2007.

Brees, upset about not receiving a long term deal, has yet to sign the tender and so far has not attended any of the team's off-season activities.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

" Brees immediately issued another statement to clarify, " My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military.

The Chargers would go on to lose their season finale to the Broncos, with Brees suffering a dislocated shoulder to end the Chargers ' 9 – 7 season.

Brees, whose contract expired at the end of that season, left the team and would sign with the New Orleans Saints.

Rivers threw for 4, 254 yards ( 8th ), 28 TD's ( tied-6th ), 8. 8 yards per passing attempt ( 1st ), 64 completions of 20 + yards ( 1st ), only 9 INT's ( 4th with a minimum 400 pass attempts ), and a 104. 4 passer rating ( 3rd – only beaten by Drew Brees & Brett Favre ).

He threw for 3, 969 yards, a then-franchise record 35 touchdown passes with only 10 interceptions, completed an 70. 28 percent of his passes — the highest completion percentage of the 1990s, third all-time, and at the time, the best completion percentage by any quarterback with more than 400 attempts ( later eclipsed by Drew Brees in 2009 ).

In the regular season finale against the Buffalo Bills, Brady became the fourth quarterback to throw for 5, 000 yards in a single season, finishing with 5, 235 ; it surpassed Dan Marino's longstanding record of 5, 084 passing yards, but finished the season second behind Drew Brees ' 5, 476.

For middle school, he attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School, where he was friends and teammates with future Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees.

In 2010, Dawson presented the New Orleans Saints and another Purdue quarterback, Drew Brees, with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after their victory in Super Bowl XLIV.

Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl six times in his career – with the Chargers in 2004 and the Saints in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

During his Super Bowl victory in 2009, Brees tied a record for most completions in a Super Bowl with 32 ( Super Bowl XLIV ; tied with Tom Brady ).

Brees holds the NFL single-season record for most passing yards in a season by a quarterback, with 5, 476 yards, which he accomplished during the 2011 season.

Brees has the highest career completion percentage among all quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 2, 500 + attempts – 65. 94 %.

Brees is currently tied all-time with consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass – 47 ( 2009 – present ), with Johnny Unitas, who threw a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games ( between 1956 – 1960 ), a record which has remained unsurpassed for 52 years.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, a former teammate of Flutie's, executed a drop kick late on an extra point attempt in the fourth quarter of the 2012 Pro Bowl ; the kick fell short.

The Saints, under rookie head coach Sean Payton and new quarterback Drew Brees, defeated the Falcons 23-3, and would go on to notch the second playoff win in franchise history.

To cap off the season, quarterback Drew Brees broke the single season passing record held for over 25 years, on the way to a Saints division winning game.

Saints All-Pro quarterback Drew Brees made a controversial tweet on June 20, 2012 stating, " If NFL fans were told there were " weapons of mass destruction " enough times, they'd believe it.

Andrew Christopher " Drew " Brees (; born January 15, 1979 ) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.

Brees had a productive first year with the Saints.

Though he completed 27 of 49 passes for 354 yards against the Chicago Bears, and two touchdowns, Brees committed three costly turnovers, and was penalized for an intentional grounding in the endzone, resulting in a safety, as the Saints lost 39 – 14.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees completing a pass against the Washington Redskins.

In 2008, the Saints again missed the playoffs but Brees had a strong year statistically, finishing 15 yards short of the NFL record for passing yards thrown in a single season set by Dan Marino in 1984.

The next week, Brees led the Saints to a 48 – 22 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, throwing for 311 yards and three touchdown passes.

Brees had a poor outing, but provided two crucial rushing touchdowns, one just before halftime to narrow the deficit to 24 – 10, and one in the third quarter to give the Saints their first lead of the game, 37 – 34.

The next week, Brees threw for 308 yards on 25 of 33 passing along with two touchdowns and one interception in leading the Saints to a 35 – 27 victory and franchise tying best start at 7 – 0 against the rival Atlanta Falcons.

In week 12, Brees led the Saints to an 11 – 0 record, defeating the New England Patriots 38 – 17 on Monday Night Football.

After close victories over the Washington Redskins and Falcons in successive weeks to start 13 – 0, Brees and the Saints lost their first game of the season to the Dallas Cowboys, 24 – 17, after DeMarcus Ware caused a Brees fumble in the final seconds, ending a fourth quarter rally.

The Saints then lost their last two games, with Brees sitting out the week 17 finale against Carolina.

Brees also set a new Saints franchise record for passing touchdowns in a season with 46.

In week 12 ’ s Monday night hosting of the NY Giants, the Saints routed the Giants 49-24 aided by Brees ' stellar performance with passing for 363 yards and 4 TDs passes extending his streak to 38 games.

However, the Saints lost, 27-24, to the Chiefs in OT despite Brees throwing for 3 TDs, 240 yds., and 1 INT.

In 2009 he appeared in all 16 games as the holder on the Saints place-kicking unit, and saw his first playing time at quarterback in 3 years during a week 17 loss to the Carolina Panthers, as the Saints had already clinched homefield advantage and rested starter Drew Brees, as well as many other starters.

Brees also tied an NCAA record with the longest pass ever ( 99 yards ), to receiver Vinny Sutherland against Northwestern on September 25, 1999

Brees played in his first professional game on November 4, 2001 against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Denver tackle Gerard Warren hit Brees while he was on the ground, causing the injury.

Brees underwent arthroscopic surgery, performed by Dr. James Andrews, to repair the torn labrum in his right ( throwing ) shoulder on January 5, 2006.

In week 7, Brees led a dramatic comeback victory on the road against the Miami Dolphins, 46 – 34.

In a home game on 12 / 4 / 2011 against the Detroit Lions, Brees passed for 342 yards.

Brees ' performance gave him 4, 031 yards on the season, making him the first quarterback in NFL history to eclipse the 4, 000-yard mark in the first 12 games of a season, and the first quarterback to reach 4 consecutive seasons with 4000 + yards and 30 + TD passes.

In week 16 against the Atlanta Falcons, on 12 / 26 / 2011 at 10: 35 pm New Orleans time at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Brees broke Dan Marino's long standing record of passing yards in a year of 5, 084 with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles with just under 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game.

However, the NFLPA filed papers to decertify as a union on March 11, 2011 and filed an antitrust suit, with lead plaintiffs quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees, to enjoin the lockout.

Additionally, Gates was on the receiving end of a 33 yard pass from teammate Drew Brees in a flea-flicker play selected by fans online.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington, who suffered two tears to his rotator cuff and has undergone as many surgeries to repair it, is often compared to Cook because their injuries are so similar ; his injury was also similar to that suffered by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who had surgery on his rotator cuff after the 2005-06 season and finished the following season as an All-Pro quarterback.