{"id":623,"date":"2021-02-08T00:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2024-11-13T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:53:23","slug":"that-should-be-a-movie-coming-back-stronger-by-drew-brees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/08\/that-should-be-a-movie-coming-back-stronger-by-drew-brees\/","title":{"rendered":"That Should Be A Movie: Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Injured Football Player Needs A Team That Will Let Him Play And A City Needs A Nero to Show That It That It Can Win. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sounds Like A Job For A Saint. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now That Should Be A Movie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s called Coming Back Stronger<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a Sports Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the vein of The Blindside<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is basically Remember the Titans <\/em>Meets Invictus<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows injured quarterback Drew Brees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And rookie coach Sean Payton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they rebuilt The New Orleans Saints into a team that can bring hope to Gulf Coast region after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problems occur when Drew\u2019s mother commits suicide, and the team loses the last three games of the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now they must find healing by taking one day at a time as the give The Crescent City something to believe in as they head to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This idea came to me when The Saints won XLIV 44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My unique approach to the subject is the symbiotic relationship of a city and football franchise as they recover from disaster and build a team of champions\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A set piece would be the first Saints game held in the newly remodeled and restored Superdome that many thought should be demolished.  The Saints are playing the Falcons while surrounded by 75,000 fans decked out in black and gold. On just the fourth overall play of the game, Safety Steve Gleason blocks a punt, then DB Curtis Deloatch intercepts the ball and runs down the field to the end zone for the Saints first score of the game! The 75000 fans go wild! The game pauses to allow the news cameras to pan the crowd whose cheering goes on for 10 minutes. It is symbolic that the city is coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Target audience would be football and sports fans, men and women 30-65 years, the faith-based market, and residents of the Gulf Coast region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People would turn out to watch the film in theaters because of the universal themes of recovery, healing, and overcoming adversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Dat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s book that I would like to pitch as a movie is Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity<\/a> <\/em>by Drew Brees, with Chris Fabry, from Tyndale House Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I\u2019m not a big sports fan, I have always found stories from that profession to be great inspirations for life. The story of Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints is one such illustration of how the power of a sport, football, can affect an entire city and cross paths with history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. On December 31, 2005, Drew Brees injured his shoulder while playing for the San Diego Chargers. Katrina flooded 80% of New Orleans. The Chargers lost 23-7 because Drew was out of the game. Hundreds of thousands of New Orleans residents were displaced by the storm. An MRI showed a 360-degree tear of the labrum and rotator cuff in Drew\u2019s shoulder. 1,464 Louisianans were lost during the hurricane. Drew had to go under the knife and face the possibility of his muscle, his livelihood being cut. A humanitarian crisis unfolded at the Superdome as tens of thousands gathered to be evacuated. The doctor did not cut Drew\u2019s muscle, but it did take him seven scope holes and eleven anchors.  New Orleans saw 70 billion dollars in damages. Drew had to begin eight months of rehab, including four months in which he could not throw a football. New Orleans faced division as cries of \u201cracism\u201d were raised due to government failures in responding to emergencies in the African American community. Despite beating the rehab expectations, it was obvious that the Chargers did not want Drew back. New Orleans faced the possibility of being abandoned. Drew found himself a free agent who was not even considered backup material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two stories of tragedy and adversity would entwine in a powerful comeback story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he is recovering, Drew Brees is given two offers, one from The Miami Dolphins and one from the Saints in New Orleans.  Drew\u2019s first impression of the Saints was not positive. They had only had one good season back in which they had won a playoff game, back in 2000, and their city had been destroyed 6 months earlier. The team had only recently moved back into their facility which had been occupied by the National Guard for several months. The Dolphins were the obvious choice since, not only was the city of Miami a great place to live, but the team had a tradition of winning Super Bowls. But since the Saints were the first to reach out, Drew felt like he owed the city a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When flying into New Orleans, Drew looked out the window of his airplane and saw that, as the clouds parted, that most of the trees in the swamps surrounding the area had been beheaded by Katrina. When new coach Sean Payton and general manger Mickey Loomis picked him and Britney up from the airport, the windows of the limo had some of the darkest tint he had ever seen. Sean made sure Drew knew that he wanted him to play for the team and believed in him as a quarterback. They took him and Brittney to all the upscale and nice neighborhoods like St. Charles Avenue, Uptown and English Turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on Drew\u2019s last day in the Big Easy, Sean became lost while driving to the facility to talk with Tom Benson. He ended up driving Drew and his wife through Metairie and Lakeview, two areas hit hard by Katrina. Drew and his wife saw houses knocked off their foundations, cars in living rooms and doors with giant spray painted X\u2019s noting the number of survivors, and victims, inside. Seeing the devastation really put things in perspective for Drew.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Miami Dolphins had been the obvious choice for Drew, but he and his wife kept feeling a call to NOLA. Where others saw devastation, they saw opportunity. It was like the city had been washed clean and now had a new slate to start over with, to rebuild.  What if, like Ester in the Bible, they were called for such a time as this. The calling to NOLA was confirmed when the Dolphin\u2019s doctors gave Drew a 25% chance of being able to play again. The Dolphins had faith in their medical team and the Saints had faith in Drew. That settled it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crescent City embraced the Brees with a warm reception. The chef at Emeril\u2019s restaurant said he would cook their first meal at their house if he signed with the Saints. Drew and Brittney decided to embrace the city back. Symbolic of them putting down roots was their purchase of a home in the Uptown neighborhood that had $50,000 in roof damages. This was to show the people of New Orleans that they were not just passing through, but here to help restore the city.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Drew\u2019s commitment to the city was matched by Sean\u2019s intense training camps. The Saints practiced in full gear in the 110-degree humidity of a Mississippi summer for days. The worst happens when it becomes apparent that Drew\u2019s throwing arm is not 100% recovered. The ball thumbs in the dirt. Drew just knew Sean was wondering if he had made the right decision with hiring him as quarterback. However, Sean just said, \u201cUse your legs.\u201d This would be a pivotal moment in a movie as it cements the relationship with Sean and Drew. Then a montage would follow of the training camp and Drew working his shoulder and increasing his pitch count up to 120 balls a day with the cleanup and restoration of New Orleans by its residents.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Drew\u2019s first game with the Saints, against the Indianapolis Colts, ended 27-14. However, during the first quarter, Drew threw a ball that sailed forty yards, The receiver dropped it, but Drew didn\u2019t care. The velocity was just right, and he knew his shoulder was back. Drew took a cue from the residents of New Orleans who had faith that their city would recover. He saw the word everywhere, including on T-shirts. Faith became the motto for the team\u2019s 2006 season. And with a rookie head coach like Sean Payton and a barely off the injured list quarterback, even the pundits believed faith was the only thing the team had going for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The faith paid off during the first 2006 season game with the Cleveland Browns. Thanks to Reggie Bush, they won 19-14. Then they beat the Green Bay Packers 34-27. An underdog team just wasn\u2019t supposed to win in Green Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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