Sean Payton Expects to See Drew Brees Back on Field in 2020

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees still has to be smarting from suffering a playoff loss under heartbreaking circumstances for the third year in a row. However, as he turns 41 this month and heads into unrestricted free agency, odds are that he isn't quite ready to hang up his cleats just yet. He even said so himself.
"I know I can still play,” he told WWL radio. “And if I really wanted to, I could probably play for another 3 or 4 years.”
His head coach, Sean Payton, believes so too, and said as much on ESPN's Postseason NFL Countdown. When asked if he could see Brees calling games as a color analyst in 2020, Payton replied, “No, I see him on our field this upcoming season.”
Sean Payton on ESPN’s NFL Countdown said based on grading the 2019 film, Drew Brees has “more football left in the tank.”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) January 12, 2020
Could Payton see Brees in the TV booth, calling games in 2020?
Payton: “No, I see him on our field this upcoming season.”
Not that networks haven't made plans for the aftermath. As they did with Peyton Manning in the wake of his own retirement after Super Bowl 50, at least one NFL television partner has already tried to swoop in and claim Brees' potential broadcasting rights for themselves, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
ESPN sports media writer @AdamSchefter reports that
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 12, 2020
Drew Brees has received calls from at least one non-ESPN network to inquire about whether he would be interested in transitioning from quarterback to TV game analyst:https://t.co/DWO6Zc9zgu