Every once in a while, a national writer will try to make some hay by making an off the wall hot take intended to generate traffic on the site that writer works for. For writers like these, nothing sets fingers to keys more than the idea of taking down a sacred cow. For Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon, the target chosen to make his bones was the legacy of Saints quarterback Drew Brees.
The piece came out in the immediate aftermath of the Saints loss to the Rams in the NFC Championship Game. A game that will forever be clouded due to the incident that will forever be known as the No-Call.