Jameis Winston was Drew Brees’ immediate successor as New Orleans Saints quarterback. So it’s only fitting that as Brees returns to the broadcast booth, it’ll be Winston on the field throwing passes.
Winston will officially make his first start of the season for the New York Giants on Sunday, the team confirmed Wednesday. He’s forced into action — jumping fellow veteran Russell Wilson on the depth chart — after rookie QB Jaxson Dart suffered a concussion last week.
Looking down on him from the booth will be Brees, Super Bowl-winning Saints QB who retired in 2021. Winston was Brees’ backup during the 2020 season and was eventually chosen to replace him the next year.
Brees has been hired on at Fox as a color commentator and will reportedly finish out the season in that role.
After retiring, Brees earned a gig with NBC as a color analyst for Notre Dame football games and an in-studio NFL analyst. He lasted one season there and drew some criticism for his commentary.
“I would love to broadcast NFL games at some point again,” Brees said last year when he was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame. “I think I could be the best at it.”
Brees will also be a game analyst for Netflix’s Christmas Day game coverage.
On Sunday, Brees will join FOX play-by-play commentator Adam Amin, whose partner was previously former quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Sanchez was arrested in Indianapolis last month on felony battery charges and is no longer with FOX.
Winston’s time in New Orleans, despite flashes, was marred by injuries, and he was eventually replaced when the Saints traded for Derek Carr.
Winston has since played for the Cleveland Browns, starting seven games in 2024, and landed with New York this offseason.
Before joining the Saints, Winston was a one-time Pro Bowl QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2015 to 2019.
Alex Bregman already is one of the most talked-about stars available in free agency right now.
This was the case before he even opted out of his deal with the Boston Red Sox and has only picked up steam since. He’s a star coming off his best season in a few years. Plus, he helped get one of baseball’s storied franchises back to the playoffs. It’s a perfect storm for free agency. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that he has the most well-known agent out there in Scott Boras.
On Wednesday, Boras held a press conference where he discussed some of his clients. Unsurprisingly, Bregman was brought up and he had a clever coffee-themed response.
“I would certainly think that you know, like in Boston, we learned a lot about Bregman in 2025,” Boras said. “In Boston, prior to ’25, they had a lot of lineup do-not-holes and certainly, prior to ’25, Boston has been kind of a club that has been Dunkin’ well below the playoff line. I think it was a bad roast in Beantown. Give the owners credit, in ’25 they went out and spent some star-bucks to bring in a Bregman blend and got them to the playoffs. I’m sure Boston fans don’t want this to be just a cup of coffee. No one wants a Bregxit.”
All jokes aside, Boras isn’t wrong. Boston had a tough few years before bringing Bregman in. The Boston lineup was lefty-heavy and young and desperately needed a right-handed veteran with pop.
Bregman fit the description and more. The Red Sox handed him an aggressive $120 million deal for three seasons and really showed the league that they were willing to get back into the mix for star-level talent again.
Also, he’s not wrong about the fact that Boston fans likely don’t want the partnership to be short-lived. Now, it’s in the hands of the front office and agents. But, Boston made the right move by bringing Bregman in last offseason and it’s going to be a big topic over at least the next few weeks.