Overview
- Drew Brees used a FaceTime video released by the New Orleans Saints to ask Sean Payton to be his presenter and Payton accepted after an emotional on-screen reaction.
- The Pro Football Hall of Fame has scheduled Brees’s enshrinement for Aug. 8 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, where Payton will formally introduce him.
- Payton said the invitation caught him off guard and that the request reminded him of their 15 years together in New Orleans, a partnership that produced a Super Bowl XLIV title.
- Payton plans to leave Denver after practice on Aug. 7 and miss the Broncos’ Saturday workout, and several staff who worked with him in New Orleans will also miss practice to attend the ceremony.
- Brees enters the Class of 2026 alongside Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri, capping a career that includes more than 80,000 career passing yards and 571 touchdown passes.