Sports Illustrated Erects Towering Straw Man In Shitty Drew Brees Cover Story
Photo: Ezra Shaw (Getty) Sports Illustrated’s latest cover story is about New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who is in his 18th season in the NFL and has long been acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time. In the waning years of a great player’s career it makes sense that SI would do a big ol’ feature on the guy, but a glossy story about how a great and celebrated quarterback is great and celebrated lacks a certain element of drama. SI senior writer Greg Bishop settled on a strange solution to this problem: pretend like he’s the only person who understands that Drew Brees is...
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