Drew Brees Agrees To Join NBC Once His NFL Career Is Over

Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that Drew Brees has agreed to sign with NBC Sports over ESPN.

Brees will join NBC once his NFL career is over and be groomed as a potential replacement to Cris Collinsworth on “Sunday Night Football.”

“Like all NFL fans, we look forward to watching Drew continue his Hall of Fame career this fall, and we are confident his post-playing career will be just as successful,” NBC Sports spokesman Greg Hughes told Marchand.

Once Brees has retired, Marchand says he’s expected to start as a game analyst on Notre Dame football and as a studio analyst for “Football Night in America.”

There has been talk of NBC possibly adding a second NFL package, which would allow Brees and Collinsworth to serve as analysts.

Marchand previously reported that ESPN was offering Brees around $6.5 million per year, which would be similar compensation to what Jon Gruden was making in his final seasons with ESPN.

Brees, 41, is a former second-round pick of the Chargers back in 2001. After five years with the Chargers, Brees signed on with the Saints as a free agent in 2006.

Brees has spent the past 12 seasons in New Orleans. He agreed to a new two-year, $50 million contract with the Saints this past March. 

In 2019, Brees appeared in 11 games for the Saints and completed 74.3 percent of his passes for 2,979 yards, 27 touchdowns and four interceptions.