{"id":798873,"date":"2018-03-12T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=798873"},"modified":"2018-03-12T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:07:13","slug":"vikings-reached-out-to-drew-brees-to-inquire-about-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/vikings-reached-out-to-drew-brees-to-inquire-about-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings reached out to Drew Brees to inquire about interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings are making a strong push for Kirk Cousins, but that&#8217;s not the only veteran quarterback they&#8217;re interested in, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>While reports are circulating about the Vikings possibly locking up Cousins with a three-year deal that would pay him roughly $27 million annually, we&#8217;ve now learned that the team also recently reached out to Drew Brees regarding his potential interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just said on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nflnetwork<\/a>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vikings<\/a> have made a call on Drew Brees, per league source. Their plan going into the day was to engage agents for all their QB options. Well, Brees is technically available. No stone unturned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/973290720533520384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomPelissero<\/a> says the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vikings<\/a> have reached out to Tom Condon on Drew Brees. I can add, so have the other QB-needy teams. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/intrigue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#intrigue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/973290925383438338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear at this time if the Vikings are just doing their due diligence, or if they really do feel like they can land Brees.<\/p>\n<p>And while it doesn&#8217;t look like Brees is going anywhere, the Saints haven&#8217;t signed him to a new contract yet, so of course other teams are reaching out about his availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings are making a strong push for Kirk Cousins, but that&#8217;s not the only veteran quarterback they&#8217;re interested in,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703638416,231608556],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - 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