{"id":233962,"date":"2025-07-25T03:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/233962\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T03:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:19:18","slug":"drew-brees-mentored-a-second-year-qb-this-summer-but-not-for-the-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/233962\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Brees mentored a second-year QB this summer, but not for the Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drew Brees hasn&#8217;t had a quiet retirement. The legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Saints<\/a> quarterback has taken another swing at broadcasting, but he&#8217;s also offering his knowledge to the next generation of passers. One young gun who sought him out was <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos<\/a> starter Bo Nix. His head coach Sean Payton was pleased by Nix taking initiative to learn from the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, him just reaching out (is good to see),&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Broncos\/status\/1948072379189473689\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Payton said after Wednesday&#039;s training camp practice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Payton said after Wednesday&#8217;s training camp practice<\/a>, acknowledging the challenges of coordinating Nix&#8217;s busy schedule with Brees and quarterbacks coach Tom House. The second-year pro learned a lot in the four or five days he spent with Brees this summer. &#8220;All of that is stuff he&#8217;s doing on his own. And that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re looking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Nix went 10-7 last year as a rookie, including a mid-October win over the Saints in New Orleans. He was invited to the Pro Bowl as a fourth alternate but wasn&#8217;t able to make the trip due to offseason ankle surgery. Clearly he&#8217;s eager to level up in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully some of the Saints&#8217; own quarterbacks make time to team up with Brees in the future; young guys like Spencer Rattler, Tyler Shough, and Jake Haener could use any edge they can glean from a week of training with a future Hall of Famer. But as was the case with Nix, they&#8217;ll need to take the step to call up Brees themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/saintswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/saints\/2025\/07\/23\/sean-payton-saints-drew-brees-bo-nix-training-camp-reports\/85337358007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sean Payton: Saints great Drew Brees mentored Bo Nix this summer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sean Payton: Saints great Drew Brees mentored Bo Nix this summer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drew Brees hasn&#8217;t had a quiet retirement. 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