Benjamin Watson Details Similarities Between Tom Brady And Drew Brees

There’s no need to be a football expert or a hard-core fan to realize the many similarities between Tom Brady and Drew Brees.

First of all, both are legendary quarterbacks who have led illustrious careers for quite some time. OK, everyone can see that.

But few know just how special both men are. One of those few people is Benjamin Watson.

The 38-year-old has spent a combined 10 seasons between the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints and is about to start his second stint with the Pats.

Following the first day of New England training camp Thursday, Watson went detailed the similarities between the two signal-callers.

“I would say I just grew tremendously (playing win both QB’s),” Watson said. “It’s amazing how much you can grow as a player when you have the right coach, the right system, the right offensive coordinator, but also the right quarterback. Certain quarterbacks — really there is a certain gene in a lot of quarterbacks that makes them compete and makes them want to perfect their craft with other players. With Tom and with Drew, if it’s staying after practice and running extra routes, if they’re on a pitch count and they say “Bump the pitch count, I’ve got to get this right with my guys,” they’ll do that. It’s in the meeting rooms, when you’re running a route in a meeting room and we’re watching it on film, and they’d like you to break it a little bit earlier. Even if in the textbook it says to break it at five yards, and they say, ‘You know what, I need you to break it here and I’ll be ready to throw you the ball.’ It’s them vocalizing that. As a player receiving that, it helps you to grow as a player, and in your relationship with them.

“That’s what those guys do and it benefits them because they’ve been in the same offense for a long time — so they kind of have their own spin on it — but they also know how to communicate and coach the players that they’re going to be playing with from year to year, because that always changes.”

While Brady has a significant edge in Super Bowl rings, there’s no question that both are incredibly inspiring players with storied careers.