The Advocate · Jun 3, 2016
Laurinaitis matching wits with Brees
Associated Press photo by Gerald HerbertNew Orleans Saints linebacker James Laurinaitis gives a signal to linebacker Michael Mauti during a May 26 workout.Drew Brees loves facing a worthy opponent in practice. For years, Brees tested his wits against Jonathan Vilma, turning the Saints’ practices into a daily battle between two grandmasters, both checking out of calls and adjusting plays on the fly in an ongoing chess match.
Brees, whose penchant for turning every practice into a competition is legendary, has been looking for somebody to play Boris Spassky to his Bobby Fischer ever since the end of Vilma’s time in New Orleans.
