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Brees, Saints haven’t talked deal in 3 months
- Updated: July 23, 2016
10:30 AM ET
METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees won’t have a new contract in place before the New Orleans Saints kick off training camp, unless something changes drastically in the next few days.
Even though other quarterbacks like Andrew Luck and Joe Flacco have gotten long-term extensions done this offseason, Brees said Saturday that he and the Saints haven’t even resumed negotiations in the last three months.
“Not sure why things have not progressed,” said Brees, who is heading into the final year of his contract. “They made an offer in March, we made an offer shortly thereafter. And besides the Josh Norman deal [when the Saints approached Brees about restructuring his contract to try to fit the star cornerback under their salary cap], there has been no talk about a contract since.”
Brees, 37, has suggested in the past that deadlines usually spur action in contract talks like these — and there has been …
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