The Facts:
Brees acknowledges what's in front of him entering the New Orleans Saints' 2014 season: "It's going to be a new team in a lot of ways." Brees said, adding that with so many veteran faces leaving the Saints roster this offseason that the team will have to "forge a new identity" going forward.
Reported by the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The Saints have lost familiar faces like running back Darren Sproles, wide receiver Lance Moore, safeties Roman Harper and Malcolm Jenkins, defensive end Will Smith, cornerback Jabari Greer and linebacker Jonathan Vilma. New Orleans did re-sign tackle Zach Strief on Monday. But it was the departures that Brees focused on. "It's tough, because a lot of those guys I've played with for eight years," the QB said.
Sproles' departure hit Brees the hardest. "That was one of the tougher ones for me," Brees said. "I feel like that was my guy, that was my pick and I wanted that to last forever. But unfortunately, it didn't last forever. ..." Fantasy football owners can take some solace in the fact the team's new identity will almost certainly be built around Brees and Jimmy Graham. We can think of worse things.
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