Miami Dolphins equipment staffers quickly slapped together a Drew Brees jersey for the introductory news conference that never was. Even though former Dolphins general manager Randy Mueller claimed to have had a five-year, $50 million contract ready for Brees to sign in 2006.
Instead, Brees will go into the Hall of Fame this summer as a member of the New Orleans Saints for the same reason Maxx Crosby went from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Baltimore Ravens back to the Raiders in four-day span:
A team’s medical staff intervening and nixing the deal.
The shoulder that concerned the Miami’s doctors healed just fine for Breese and the Saints’ staff took the risk while Dolphins management bet on Daunte Culpepper’s busted knee over Brees’ bum arm.
According to former Raiders CEO Amy Trask, team doctors have every reason to be “extremely conservative” in their prognosis when players are acquired.
