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Joe Burrow reflects on meeting Drew Brees, 'my idol growing up'

Joe Burrow is one of the hottest names in football right now; the quarterback led the undefeated LSU Tigers to last year’s National Championship Game victory, but even the presumptive first-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft gets starstruck. During his press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Burrow looked back on his first meeting with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees:

“Yeah I always watch Drew Brees. I think he’s the best at what he does,” Burrow replied when asked which NFL passers he makes a habit of studying. “We had very similar offenses last year so I watched a lot of his film in the offseason.