Drew Brees' Retirement and What It Means for the Future of the NFL

There has been no major controversial content this week compared to the transgender bill controversy, but I still have one item that has shaken the NFL and sports world. Legendary quarterback Drew Brees has announced his retirement as of Sunday, March 14th.

Brees had an impressive 20 years in the NFL spending 15 of them with the New Orleans Saints and establishing a Brees fan base on par with Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. He is retiring holding the record for most passing yards in the NFL all-time (80,358 yds.) along with many other honors and records. He poured his heart and soul into the game of football and he was beloved for it by the Saints fanbase and many others.

When I personally saw the news on my Instagram feed of him retiring my immediate thought was the future of NFL quarterbacks and the game as a whole. Brees, Rodgers and Brady are known for being pocket passers and they may be some of the last of their kind as the game of football has seemingly been switching over to a dual-threat style gameplan. This has caused the players to become faster and stronger to keep up with the new styles of QBs such as Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes. I am excited to see the game change but as for traditional football fans the dual-threat quarterback can be seen as "getting too far away from its roots". Traditional football is pocket passing quarterbacks, who rarely run for yardage, and running the ball right down the other teams' throat.

The retirement of Drew Brees, for me, signifies a small turn towards a new age of football which could shake some things up for the die-hard traditional fans.