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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Right.
They wanted someone more explosive. Brees played really solid football, for the most part, in San Diego. But the one thing that jumps off the page when you look at his stats in SD is his average yards per attempt.
It was 8.2 his rookie season. It dropped all the way to 6.2 in his second year. And in his third year he posted a pathetic 5.9 average yard per attempt.
The Chargers felt like he was a game manager and they wanted more.
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SD actually offered Brees a contract after that injury, which Brees declined. SD had drafted Eli Manning and traded him for Rivers.