BY ADAM GREENE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have bad news if you\u2019re a New Orleans Saints fan or have enjoyed betting on them and their high-powered offense in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\u2019re not going to the Super Bowl. They might not even post a winning record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can I say that about a team that\u2019s made the playoffs three straight seasons and posted consecutive 13-3 records?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because Wednesday Drew Brees inserted his foot so far into his mouth that he could kick his own ass from the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brees was tossed the lightest softball of his life in an interview with Yahoo Finance. With the country literally inflamed with protests against police brutality and state sanctioned murder, Brees was asked about \u201cplayers kneeling again when the season starts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Which they will most certainly do).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brees, because he\u2019s apparently taken way too many shots to the head<\/a>, said, \u201cI will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that, as they say, is that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brees has taken a beating on social media in the hours since and his own teammates, Michael Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders and Alvink Kamara have all publicly rebuked him and unfollowed him on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a dumb thing to think, sure. Kneeling is, by definition<\/a>, the most respectful thing you can do. But even if you think that dumb thing, now is not the time to say that dumb thing. In fact, never is the time to say it. Just keep it to your dumb self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brees didn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now the Saints are screwed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently New Orleans is tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at +550 to win the NFC<\/a>. The only team with better odds are the San Francisco 49ers at +525. Whether those odds move after this or not, make no mistake, this is a self-inflicted disaster for the Saints and for Brees, who was two years away from coasting into a cozy job with NBC Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m guessing some NBC Sports execs are having a very uncomfortable Zoom meeting right now about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not just Brees\u2019 Saints teammates that were dumbfounded from the dumb thing that the dumb quarterback said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Devin and Jason McCourty of the New England Patriots stated via Tweet<\/a>, \u201cThis is a disgrace! To speak about your grandfathers as if there weren\u2019t black men fighting next to them. Those men later returned to a country that hated them. Don\u2019t avoid the issue and try to make it about a flag or the military. Fight like your grandfathers for what\u2019s right!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brees, as a dumb person would do, as double down on his comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I believe we should all stand for the national anthem and respect our country and all those who sacrificed so much for our freedoms,” Brees said via text message<\/a>. “That includes all those who marched for women’s suffrage in the 1920s and all those who marched in the civil rights movements and continue to march for racial equality. All of us … EVERYONE … represent that flag. Same way I respect all the citizens of our country … no matter their race, color, religion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sure Brees is thinking about women\u2019s suffrage every day. He\u2019s certainly got the time as he\u2019s obviously not read a paper, visited a news website or even looked out his front door over the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n