{"id":730232,"date":"2026-02-05T02:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:25:33","slug":"tyler-shough-excited-to-see-drew-brees-earn-hall-of-fame-honors-hes-the-g-o-a-t-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730232\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Shough excited to see Drew Brees earn Hall of Fame honors: \u2018He\u2019s the G.O.A.T\u2019 | Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 No one is more excited to see Drew Brees go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a> than Tyler Shough.<\/p>\n

As one of five finalists for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, the New Orleans Saints<\/a> rookie quarterback will be in the audience at the Palace of Fine Arts for the NFL Honors show Thursday night, where Brees is expected to be introduced as one of the members of the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be special just to be in the building,\u201d Shough said during an interview Wednesday, shortly after arriving here for Super Bowl LX festivities. \u201cI grew up idolizing his play, so I\u2019m excited about seeing him get the highest honor in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

The official announcement of the class will be made during NFL Honors, but Brees is considered a shoo-in as the league\u2019s second-leading all-time passer. If he earns induction, as expected, he\u2019ll become the initial first-ballot Hall of Famer in franchise history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he\u2019s going to get in,\u201d Shough said. \u201cHe\u2019s the G.O.A.T. He\u2019s the pinnacle of the quarterback position. For me, as a quarterback, it\u2019s exciting to see because I know what he\u2019s meant to the city (of New Orleans).\u201d<\/p>\n

Shough said he plans to organize offseason workouts with some of his Saints teammates and Brees this offseason near the former Saints quarterback\u2019s home in San Diego. He said he contacted Brees during the season to pick his brain for counsel and tips about his weekly routine and preparation regimen. He has studied game tape of Brees from his playing days in New Orleans and marveled at his leadership skills, field generalship and command of the offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing that caught my eye was his ability to collectively unify people, whether it\u2019s with pregame speeches or whatever,\u201d Shough said. \u201cThen to watch him during games, clicking through his reads and finding positive plays and check-downs, it\u2019s impressive to watch. As a quarterback, you realize how special he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shough wasn\u2019t the only one here celebrating Brees\u2019 induction. Two of his former teammates, Demario Davis and Ben Watson, also championed his candidacy during interviews at the Super Bowl LX media center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s only one Drew Brees,\u201d Davis said. \u201cNo. 9 \u2014 the greatest to ever do it. You could be talking all day about his accolades, and what he’s done as a passer. I don’t know if there’ll ever be a passer that does the amount of things in a game that he was able to do in his career, overcoming a rough injury early in his career to go on to have the type of Hall of Fame career that he did, the way he lifted that franchise. It’s just not enough good words that can be said about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis teamed with Brees in New Orleans for the final four years of his career. During that time, the Saints won four division titles and recorded double-digit wins each season. Davis said Brees was a role model for him and his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe type of man he is, the type of leader he is, the type of husband and father that he is, the type of community champion that he is, he did everything the right way,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a storybook ending for him to be able to go into the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watson echoed Davis\u2019 sentiments. The veteran tight end signed with the Saints as a free agent in 2013 after nine seasons with the Patriots and Browns. He played four seasons with Brees and credited him and head coach Sean Payton with resurrecting his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was already the commander in chief of one of the best passing offenses the league had known, but what I didn’t know was how we would connect as teammates,\u201d Watson said. \u201cI got there, but I got exponentially better at my craft being in New Orleans. Those three years gave me an opportunity to play more the rest of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watson, who played with Tom Brady for several years in New England, said Brees deserves to be ranked among the game\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at his body of work, at how excellent he was at his craft, and then outside of that, what he meant for the city and also what he meant for just the National Football League, that\u2019s why he\u2019s going into the Hall of Fame,\u201d Watson said. \u201cDrew led by example, every single play, every single practice. When you look at this body of work in that offense and who he is and what he\u2019s done outside of the game. He\u2019ll always be one of the top players of all-time in my book.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 No one is more excited to see Drew Brees go into the Pro Football Hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-730232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-neworleans","12":"tag-neworleanssaints","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116015656062770229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}