Atlanta Falcons: How Drew Brees could become the MVP for Atlanta

How Drew Brees could become the MVP for the Atlanta Falcons

Heroes don’t always wear capes and that very well may be the case as the Atlanta Falcons head into the 2021 offseason.

It has been the overarching consensus that New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees would retire after this season, but a newly-released video of him working out has put a damper on those who were already planning the retirement celebration.

While NFL insiders- including ESPN’s Adam Schefter- left it as a foregone conclusion that Brees would retire, this video at least shows there may be a little fight left in 42-year-old veteran.

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If Brees returned to New Orleans, he could actually be the new MVP for the Atlanta Falcons, at least as far as fans are concerned.

No Atlanta Falcons fan wants to see the Saints succeed and Brees would absolutely handcuff them financially

No self-respecting Falcons fan wants to see the Saints succeed and the same can be said about the other side.

The Saints are roughly $66.4 million over the cap for 2021 and if Brees were to return, he would carry with him a $22.65 million dead cap hit, even with him accepting the deal to reduce his salary to the veteran minimum.

It doesn’t seem likely at this point that he’ll do anything other than retire, but he could absolutely become the MVP for the Falcons if he did decide to return.

Just think about it for a second: If Brees returned, that would kill any chance the Saints had at acquiring a name like Russell Wilson and would force the franchise to dance around the cap when they were signing free agents.

Like we said, all indications still point to him retiring, but he could become ‘the real MVP’ if he did choose to return because we all know he’s not good enough to lead the Saints to a Super Bowl, but he could detriment them financially if he were to come back for ‘one last ride.’