The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ...Brees has been waiting all offseason to get a long-term contract done, and he’s getting sick of waiting. Brees said in an interview with WWL radio that he’s growing increasingly frustrated with what he sees as the Saints dragging their feet in getting a new agreement worked out. “This is a big time for our team, especially when you look at what’s happened in this offseason, missing our head coach, Sean Payton,” Brees said. “There should be a sense of urgency and yet it seems like there’s not.”

Diehards Line:As we've suggested in the past, until there is a true sense of urgency -- as opposed to a manufactured or media-driven urgency -- there won't be a deal. As for now? As PFT's Michael David Smith explained, from the Saints’ perspective, they know that they have him as their exclusive franchise player and therefore don’t have to worry about him signing with another team. The Saints may figure that they can just hold the line and eventually Brees will give in and accept the one-year franchise tender, or accept a long-term deal worth less money than Brees thinks he deserves -- and the QB clearly isn't happy about it. “It’s been extremely frustrating for me,” Brees said. “The negotiation shouldn’t have been this difficult. ..." So will Brees publicly expressing frustration create real urgency? Not as much, we suspect, as the start of training camp will.