Brees: Won’t negotiate contract during season

11:47 PM ET

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees said he’s “not stressing” over the fact that he and the New Orleans Saints haven’t discussed a long-term contract extension in about two months.

But the 37-year-old quarterback did say Wednesday night that he would love to get a deal done before the season starts — or else he will wait until after the season to resume talks.

“I don’t like to talk about contract during the season,” Brees said while participating in teammate Tim Lelito’s charity softball game at Tulane’s Turchin Stadium. “If you go back to 2011, where it began to drag into the season, three weeks in I was like, ‘I don’t want to deal with it anymore, I want to focus on football, I want to focus on the season.’ … That’ll be my approach again.

“So there’s a deal to be done now, and then if it doesn’t get done now, then there will be a different deal to get done at the end of the year.”

Brees is heading into the final year of his current five-year, $100 million contract — which was the richest at the time he signed it, but has since been passed up 10 times (including twice by the Baltimore Ravens’ Joe Flacco).

Brees said it was “not even a consideration” to hold out of OTA practice sessions, which began Tuesday. And he doesn’t plan to miss any offseason activities, whether a deal gets done or not.

“Whether I’m locked up for five years or …

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