METAIRIE, La. -- The timing was ripe for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints to finally get a contract extension done this week leading up to training camp.
Instead, stubbornness remains undefeated. Brees said the two sides haven't even resumed negotiations in the past three months.
Obviously they need some sort of artificial deadline to spur action. But this week seemed like the perfect one. Brees, 37, could eliminate the risk of injury heading into the final year of his current deal. The Saints could secure the one guy keeping them in playoff contention -- and prevent his future from becoming the subject of those weekly "splash reports" they so despise from the national media.