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Over the years many wanted to see Tom Brady face Drew Brees in a Superbowl, including myself. When the New Orleans Saints faced the LA Rams in the NFC conference championship in 2019, I thought it was going to happen. The play that stands out in that game toward the end was the Rams defender mugging the Saints receiver resulting in no flag. It was the call that broke the Saints’ back, ending their season in dramatic fashion. Rams went on to face the Patriots in a snooze fest of a Superbowl. Not even Janet Jackson’s boob popping out would have awakened the audience in that game. That Superbowl will never happen now since Tom Brady is in the NFC with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Both quarterbacks playing well into their 40’s. Both of them are close in most NFL quarterback all-time stats. Since the Buccaneers play in the same division with the Saints, now they will face each other twice a year. It’s setting up both these quarterbacks for the final show down. It’s like going to be an old fashion shoot out at the koo koo corall at high noon. Unless it’s a three o’clock game. Most likely would be one of the prime time night games.

Brady and Brees have met a grand total of five times facing off against each other in the NFL. Before the NFL, Tom Brady’s Wolverines demolished Drew Brees’ Purdue Boilermakers 38-12 in a rain type of game that created sloppy conditions between two Big Ten teams in a fall classic. Both have never forgotten that college game, especially Drew Brees. Brees has the edge over Brady in the NFL 3-2. Tom Brady and his Evil Empire won the last two meetings. Drew Brees beat Tom Brady twice in a Charger uniform before he even came to the Big Easy. In 2009 Drew Brees in a Saints uniform led his team over the Brady Patriots in old fashioned butt whipping. Tom Brady made a comeback to seal the deal over the last meeting between the Saints and Patriots in a game that went back and forth.

When it comes to the playoffs between both Tom Brady and Drew Brees, Brady stands out by a land side between the two. Tom Brady has six Superbowl rings compared to Drew Brees’ one ring. Drew Brees has played in only 16 play off games over his career and he has an 8-8 record as the starting quarterback. Tom Brady has started in 41 playoff games in his career and has gone 30-11 in those games. Both quarterbacks have never played each other in the post season. Only chance of that happening was Drew Brees in a Charger uniform. With Tom Brady inked to a two year deal in Tampa Bay, will you see the Buccaneers and Saints meet in the playoffs?

All-time Regular season stats is where both these quarterbacks are neck in neck with each other like some horse race coming down to the nose. Who will flinch first is the question. If one of these guys retires first, the other guy will have most of the stat titles for a quarterback. Right now Brees leads Brady in touch down passes 547 to 541. Brees missed five games last season so he could have had a few more to his tally. Look at passing yards where Brees leads that category 77, 416 to Brady’s 74, 571. Other interesting stats are Tom Brady has the slight edge over comebacks versus Drew Brees. Brady 36 to Brees 35. Game winning drives Drew Brees has 50 of those compared to only 45 from Tom Brady. Drew Brees also has the better completion percentage at 67.6% over Tom Brady’s 63.8%. Overall record behind center in regular season, Tom Brady is the guy. Tom Brady is 219-64 which is just sickening. Drew Brees has 163-111 record in regular season play.

We know Tom Brady is 42 years of age and has a two year deal in Tampa Bay. Drew Brees is 41 years of age and inked only a one year deal. Barring any injuries and hoping the Coronavirus does not change the scheduling, these two will face each other two times in regular season. It would be cool to see the Buccaneers and Saints go at it in the playoffs. Beyond this year, does the Saints move on from Drew Brees in favor of Taysom Hill who has been waiting patiently? At least this season it would be Good versus Evil. The Buccaneers will now be pirates creating havoc on their travels instead of what we are used to in Tampa Bay, some rated G film of some sissy version of the Pirates of the Caribbean. Tom Brady instantly turns the Buccaneers into the bad guys. Drew Brees, the good guy, giving 5 million dollars to New Orleans to help against Coronavirus. While Tom Brady is checking out his surround sound in one of Derek Jeter’s mansions in Florida. It will be high noon for Shane versus Jesse James on Bourbon Street in an epic shoot out for all the marbles. Let’s hope good prevails over evil.