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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is averaging just 6.9 yards gained per pass attempt to start the 2020 season, though he could care less about that stat.
Brees said he does not focus much on statistics. Rather, he stressed the importance of making good decisions that add up to wins for the Saints:
“You know one of the statistics that was thrown out after the game was the yards per attempt or something like that. There are many statistics I do not pay one bit of attention to — and that would be one of them,” Brees said, via Mike Triplett of ESPN. “At the end of the day, I am focused on putting us in position to succeed, making great decisions, both in the run game or pass game, whatever is predicated on my ability to get us in the best play. And our ability to take care of the football and go and score points, put us in the best position to win. Those are the things I’m focused on, and I don’t care how we do it. I honestly don’t. I just want to win football games.”
Of course, Brees has never been overly spectacular in the aforementioned statistical category to begin with.
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The all-time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns is averaging 7.6 yards gained per pass attempt. Respectable, to be sure, but hardly extraordinary for a generational quarterback.
Still, the Saints star actually had a much better performance in New Orleans' Week 2 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders than he did in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1.
Brees failed to read Raiders linebacker Nicholas Morrow in zone coverage on an interception late in the first half, but he otherwise had a pretty solid game, especially considering the offense was without star wideout Michael Thomas.
Some pundits might wonder how much gas is left in Brees' right arm. But the 41-year-old is merely focused on helping his team win, regardless of how analytics see him as a quarterback.
