NEW ORLEANS -- Saints quarterback Tyler Shough got more than he bargained for when he called Drew Brees for advice on setting up an offseason workout in California this summer.
Shough expected Brees to make an appearance at the throwing sessions he helped set up. What he got was a workout in which he carried kettle bells next to the 47-year-old Brees and struggled not to get shown up by a man almost twice his age.
"I have to do a heavier weight than him," the 26-year-old Shough jokingly recalled. "So I grab the heavier ones, and me and Drew are walking and he's just [stoic] and I'm trying not to die."
Some of the younger players in attendance at those workouts were in awe of Brees. Running back Travis Etienne Jr., who grew up in Louisiana watching Brees play, had to get a picture of him to mark the moment.