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Originally Posted by patteeu
Drew Brees wouldn't have been able to make up for the defensive failures of the Trent Green era Chiefs. He wouldn't have forced Indianapolis to punt the ball. And whether the Chiefs would have been patient enough through Brees' growing pains in a way that San Diego was not is really questionable.
Given the way that Brees has played the last few years, I clearly can't say that you'd have been wrong to make that choice, but I still think the Trent Green acquisition was a win for the Chiefs. And this is from someone who was underwhelmed by it, to say the least, at the time.
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Drew Brees is still playing, and playing at a high level.
He is doing this, in spite of the fact that the Chragers, both AJ Smith and Marty, were ready to give up on him.
He worked his ass off to improve, after figuring out what he needed to work on after his second year.
Meanwhile, Trent Green is retired, and really started to decline after the 2005 season.
Brees, on the other hand is just in the middle of his prime, and has 5 years or more left in him.
First round pick for 5 years.
First round pick for 15 years.
One of these is a smarter investment of resourses.