Via Pro Football Talk:

“I wanted to give it at least a few weeks, months, postseason, just to take a deep breath and decompress a little bit and get some time with the family and then just reassess,” Brees said.

Brees said he’ll discuss things with his family, but that his kids want him to play “forever.” That’s unlikely, but it doesn’t sound like playing in 2020 is a long shot.

It certainly seems like he has one foot in retirement.  He’s definitely not going to make it all the way to 44 or 45.

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