QB Drew Brees New Orleans Saints Player Page

#9 Drew Brees, QB Fantasy Football Injury Status

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New Orleans Saints
Height 6' 0"
Weight 209 lbs
Age 40

Birthdate January 15th 1979
College Purdue
Year 2001
Round 2 Pick 1

Season Statistics
YEAR	GP	ATT	CMP	PCT	PYDS	TDs	INT
2001	2	58	32	55.2	397	2	1
2002	16	526	320	60.8	3284	17	16
2003	11	356	205	57.6	2108	11	15
2004	15	400	262	65.5	3159	27	7
2005	16	500	323	64.6	3576	24	15
2006	16	555	357	64.3	4424	26	11
2007	16	655	443	67.6	4428	28	18
2008	16	635	413	65.0	5069	34	17
2009	15	514	363	70.6	4388	34	11
2010	16	658	448	68.1	4620	33	22
2011	16	657	468	71.2	5476	46	14
2012	16	670	422	63.0	5177	43	19
2013	16	650	446	68.6	5162	39	12
2014	16	659	456	69.2	4952	33	17
2015	15	627	428	68.3	4870	32	11
2016	16	673	471	70.0	5208	37	15
2017	16	537	387	72.1	4334	23	8
2018	15	489	364	74.4	3992	32	5
2019	2	48	35	72.9	408	2	2
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2019 Fantasy Points by Week

Last Game
Week	ATT	CMP	PCT	PYDS	TDs	INT	PTS
1	43	32	74.4	370	2	1	27
2	5	3	60.0	38	0	1	-1
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Strength of Schedule

Strength of Schedule is calculated from the opponents projected fantasy points allowed for the QB position. The easiest rating is 1 which gives the player the advantage against the defense and indicates an easy opponent, the most difficult rating is 10 which gives the defense the advantage and indicates a tough opponent.

Fantasy Analysis
Week 3 Projections
As you surely know, Brees will undergo surgery to repair a torn thumb ligament on his throwing hand and is expected to miss six weeks. Brees could return in Week 8 at the earliest, but there's a chance that the Saints could hold him out until after their Week 9 bye. Teddy Bridgewater was expected to start against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3.

Season Projections
Armed with the NFL's sixth-best rushing attack and the 12th-best defense last season, the Saints didn't have to rely on Brees as much as usual. The league's all-time leading passer attempted his fewest passes and compiled his fewest passing yards in a season since he came to New Orleans in 2006. An ultra-efficient Brees still set a new single-season NFL record in completion percentage for the second year in a row and tossed at least 30 scoring strikes for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons, but he was a boom-or-bust weekly fantasy option. Brees averaged a solid 266.1 passing yards per contest but threw for 220 or fewer yards in seven outings and passed for one or fewer touchdowns in six games. He amassed a fluky career-high four rushing touchdowns, which explains Brees' misleading finish as the fantasy QB8. The 40-year-old Brees is still a very good NFL quarterback, but the future Hall of Famer is no longer a set-it-and-forget-it fantasy option. New Orleans obviously will need Brees to do more when its ground game and/or defense struggle. He can still light it up when needed with help from playmakers Michael Thomas, Alvin Kamara, Jared Cook, Ted Ginn (assuming he stays healthy) and second-year leap candidate Tre'Quan Smith. Brees has finished as the fantasy QB10 or better in 13 straight seasons, but that streak is clearly in jeopardy. The challenge to owning Brees now is picking the right weeks to start him.
Passing: 1979 Yards, 14 TD, 5 INT.
Rushing: 7 Yards, 1 TD.

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