"We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship"
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The word "trying" does important work. It lowers the temperature just enough to sound credible, while still putting pressure on everyone in the building. Brees isnt only talking to fans. He is talking to front offices, coaches, teammates, and owners, translating his own preparation ethic into an organizational demand: build stability, invest in infrastructure, draft and develop, keep the locker room coherent. This is leadership language that sidesteps ego by using "we", but it still centers his standard.
The subtext is also about legitimacy. For a long stretch the Saints were a franchise associated with futility; Brees-era success had to be framed as culture, not luck. By making sustained contention the headline, he is setting expectations high enough to rebrand the team, and safe enough to survive the weekly volatility of the sport. Its aspirational, but it reads as accountable: if youre always competing, you cant hide behind injuries, bad bounces, or "next year."
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Brees, Drew. (2026, January 17). We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-trying-to-be-that-franchise-that-year-in-and-48631/
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"We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-trying-to-be-that-franchise-that-year-in-and-48631/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.







