Jul 21, 2021 · In comments published by 247sports.com, Saban said decided to leave the Dolphins after the team chose not to sign quarterback Drew Brees. “Look when the Miami Dolphins were going to sign Drew Brees, Drew was coming to Miami when I was the coach there,” Saban said. “He was going to be the quarterback. That’s all we needed.

Jan 23, 2025 · Drew Brees failed his physical in ‘06 during his free agent visit to Miami. Nick Saban wanted to sign the Future Hall of Famer that offseason. The deal was dead. Brees’ agent had a favor to ...

Jul 21, 2021 · According to Saban, the reason he left Miami was that they did not sign Drew Brees. As Saban put it, the failed physical by the Miami Dolphins doctors was the catalyst to leaving Miami for Alabama.

Jan 23, 2025 · Drew Brees failed his physical in ‘06 during his free agent visit to Miami. Nick Saban wanted to sign the Future Hall of Famer that offseason. The deal was dead. Brees’ agent had a favor to ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Former Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban said one of his biggest regrets of his coaching career is not signing Drew Brees in 2006. Saban was in his second and final season with the Dolphins and ...

Jul 19, 2021 · Nick Saban has become arguably the greatest coach in college football history. He couldn’t, however, emulate that success in the NFL, and his failures in the pros had a lot to do with his team’s one massive miss: Drew Brees. The New Orleans Saints legend could have joined Saban on the Dolphins in 2006, but Miami chose to pass on him, which proved to be arguably the biggest mistake in ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Former Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban recently shared more details surrounding the botched pursuit of then-free agent Drew Brees in the 2006 offseason and the decision that left the team still ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Nick Saban recently went on ‘The Pivot’ podcast featuring Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder to discuss a wide array of topics. One of the topics that came up was Drew Brees, his failed physical with the Dolphins, as well as the phone call Saban had with Brees’ agent regarding how long he needed the physical to not be made ...

Jan 23, 2025 · While Nick Saban claims that the Dolphins decided to pass on Drew Brees on the team doctors' recommendation, multiple reports from 2006 suggest that the franchise did offer the quarterback a deal ...

Feb 9, 2024 · The shoulder injury suffered by San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees at the end of the 2005 NFL season set off a sequence of events that ended with Nick Saban leaving the Miami Dolphins to ...