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What are the odds that Drew Brees doesn't retire from the Saints?

There's been some speculation in recent days that Breeze is near the...

Which direction is the breeze blowing?

That the question.

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It's the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we blew the eight coast to coast, border to border, and beyond.

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the theater of the mind.

Charlie this hour comes from the bayou.

It had been assumed that Drew Brees was going to retire.

Many people think he still will retire, but have you been paying attention?

We were off our post as the watchdogs of sports for a couple of days,

and during that time, there was a lot of speculation that was percolating around

that Drew Brees was having some second thoughts.

And you don't know if you saw any of that, maybe not.

But a lot of chatter that Breeze was flip flopping, flip flopping on February 3rd, way back on February 3rd.

Sean Payton did a media tour.

He said during that media tour that he anticipated an announcement from Drew Brees within the next week to week and a half.

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