{"id":757880,"date":"2026-02-17T08:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757880\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:47:33","slug":"drew-brees-rides-in-mardi-gras-2026-krewe-of-bacchus-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757880\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Brees rides in Mardi Gras 2026 Krewe of Bacchus parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans Saints fans chanted loudly as quarterback legend Drew Brees tossed footballs and beads from atop a float in the Bacchus parade Sunday. Brees, recently named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, wore a purple, green and gold blazer with fleur de lis emblems. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/entertainment_life\/mardi_gras\/drew-brees-bacchus-float\/article_53dd99d0-483c-4f0a-8c9a-9f7a9b9f1763.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch Drew Brees throw footballs to New Orleans revelers in Saints themed Bacchus float\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trading black and gold fleur de lis for purple, green, and gold fleur de lis, former New Orleans Saint&#8217;s quarterback Drew Brees rides on top of a float during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Sunday, February 15, 2026. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/multimedia\/photos\/photos-legendary-quarterback-drew-brees-tosses-beads-not-footballs-in-krewe-of-bacchus-parade\/collection_6e45f071-0b6d-4a98-a87e-ec0141b373c5.html#3\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Photos: Legendary quarterback Drew Brees tosses beads not footballs in Krewe of Bacchus parade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Olave already has established that he would like to remain with the New Orleans Saints, and the organization has reciprocated its interest in getting a long-term deal done with its star wide receiver. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/what-would-a-chris-olave-contract-extension-look-like-new-orleans-saints\/article_03a0ac7c-2483-435b-a467-58689a999435.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chris Olave and the Saints want to make a deal. Here\u2019s what that realistically might look like.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints fans chanted loudly as quarterback legend Drew Brees tossed footballs and beads from atop a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,81,2003,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-757880","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-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116085106319123293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757880","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=757880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}