Payton and Brees
The Men Who Built the Greatest Offense in NFL History
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"Perfect for football fans of all stripes, this dual-focus portrait celebrates the winning power of strong bonds between coach and player." —Publishers Weekly
A rare, behind the scenes? look at the New Orleans Saints over more than 14 seasons
In 2006, Sean Payton arrived in New Orleans as a relatively unknown first time NFL head coach. His task was daunting: resurrect a Saints team that had just finished 3–13 and had won only one playoff game in the previous four decades.
Meanwhile, the city was undergoing its own staggering rebuild following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina five months earlier. Payton knew that to turn around the Saints' fortunes, he needed to turn around their dreadful quarterback legacy. The Saints targeted a San Diego Chargers castoff they hoped would become the new face of their franchise: Drew Brees.
Every team in the NFL had passed on Brees at least once because of his surgically repaired right shoulder or his lack of prototypical size. But for the Saints, Brees was worth the risk. Together, these two underdogs rolled up their sleeves and got to work, helping rebuild the city as they transformed the franchise from laughingstock to Super Bowl Champions.
What they have done since, including building the most productive offense the NFL has ever seen and setting multiple passing and scoring records, has only deepened their legacy in New Orleans and throughout the league.
Based on more than 14 years of firsthand reporting and dozens of interviews with players, coaches, and executives,?Payton and Brees is the definitive account of how Sean Payton and Drew Brees transformed a team, a city, and the game of football.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Athletic sportswriter Duncan (From Bags to Riches) draws on his unfettered access to the New Orleans Saints in this expert account of the franchise's astounding turnaround in the early aughts after years of mediocrity. The underdog tale spotlights the partnership between relatively unknown coach Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees, fresh off the shoulder injury that ended his run with the Chargers when he joined the Saints in 2006. Duncan runs readers from the days of Payton's recruiting Brees who was moved by the team's "loyalty" and "confidence" in courting him, and was keen to help the city rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina through the Saints' Super Bowl XLIV victory and Brees's eventual record-setting. Throughout, Duncan reveals the inner workings of what has become one of the most successful relationships in NFL history. Hardcore debaters of the nuts and bolts of the game will relish Duncan's descriptions of the distinct Payton offense, from its evolution of the West Coast style through his championing of a hyperaggressive attacking philosophy that depends on the kind of mastery of the field that Brees maintains. Perfect for football fans of all stripes, this dual-focus portrait celebrates the winning power of strong bonds between coach and player.
