The rest of the NFL can dispense with any notions of luring Drew Brees away from the team r11; and city r11; where the star quarterback has flourished for more than a decade now.
Two people familiar with the contract say Brees has agreed to a two-year Taylor Gabriel Jersey , $50 million extension with the New Orleans Saints. The people say $27 million is guaranteed in the first year.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Tuesday because the agreement has not been announced.
Brees, who turned 39 in January, was due to become a free agent on Wednesday. But he has said he wanted to finish his career in New Orleans, where he has played since 2006, won a Super Bowl and led what has been one of the most productive offenses in the NFL since he and coach Sean Payton arrived.
r1;Ir17;ll be here as long as theyr17;ll have me,r1; Brees said after last season ended in January.
Now his return is assured to a team that came within one play of advancing to last seasonr17;s NFC championship game, falling at Minnesota when the Vikings scored an unlikely T.Y. Hilton Jersey , 61-yard touchdown on the final play of their divisional-round NFC playoff game.
Last season, Brees completed an NFL-record 72 percent of his passes for 4,334 yards and 23 touchdowns against eight interceptions. He ranked fourth in the NFL in yards passing and the Saints ranked second in the NFL in total offense.
A second-round draft choice by San Diego in 2001, Brees has passed for 70,445 yards and 488 touchdowns in 17 seasons r11; 58,097 yards and 408 touchdowns in 12 seasons with New Orleans.
He has passed for more than 5,000 yards in a season five times Devin Funchess Jersey , most recently in 2016. In 2011, Brees was at the helm of an offense that gained an NFL-record 7,474 yards.
By the time Breesr17; new contract expires, he could very well be the NFLr17;s all-time leader in yards and touchdowns passing. Currently, Peyton Manning holds those marks with 71,940 yards and 539 touchdowns. Brett Favre also is ahead of Brees r11; for now r11; with 71, 838 yards and 508 TDs passing.
Brees has been New Orleansr17; franchise player during the franchiser17;s greatest era DeMarcus Ware Jersey , which has been highlighted by a Super Bowl championship in the 2009 season and five other playoff seasons.
He arrived when his NFL future was uncertain, as was the future of Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. Coming off throwing-shoulder surgery, Brees led the Saints r11; who had gone 3-13 the year before he arrived r11; to their first NFC title game.
In the process, Brees and the Saints became a symbol of New Orleansr17; resurgence after the storm that flooded 80 percent of the city, flourishing together during the past decade-plus of recovery.
r1;Certainly, the relationship with this city will always play a strong role in me wanting to be here and r30; wanting to finish my career here,r1; Brees said.
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The Eagles cut veteran wide receiver Markus Wheaton on their way to 53 players Ozzie Newsome Jersey , but they reversed course on Tuesday.
Wheaton is back with the team after they placed tight end Richard Rodgers on injured reserve. Rodgers has a knee injury and could return after eight weeks on the list should the Eagles decide to use one of their two return slots.
Wheatonr17;s return comes on the same day that head coach Doug Pederson ruled two other wideouts out of Thursdayr17;s game. Alshon Jeffery continues to make his way back from shoulder surgery and Mack Hollins has been sidelined by a groin injury after having hernia surgery this offseason. The Eagles kept four other receivers on the roster when they made their cuts on Saturday.
A hamstring injury helped hamstring Wheatonr17;s chances of making the Eagles this summer. He was limited by injury last season and only played 11 games for the Bears, who released him in March. Womens DaeSean Hamilton Jersey ,
