ROOM FOR ERROR: While one team will drop to 0-2, recent NFL history suggests neither team should be in panic mode. Since realignment in 2002, 108 of the 180 playoff teams (60 percent) opened 1-1 or 0-2.
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Brees recalled how Brady, then a senior, had to share snaps with Drew Henson in the midseason game.
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"I'd say we probably both have the mindset that we want to change the norm of what is possible in regards to how long a guy can play and the level that they can play at,Cheap NFL Jerseys China," Brees said.
"That probably shaped and molded a lot about him — a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, which has obviously served him well, a mental discipline and a mental toughness that's unmatched."
"Standing on the sideline across from him,China Jerseys Cheap, to me, it was obviously Brady's team and he had to share time with this freshman," Brees recalled. "Yet, his approach and his discipline during that time — he played at such a high level, but he just worried about what he controlled. ... By the end of the season, they just flat out gave the starting spot to Brady and they played lights out.
MUTUAL ADMIRATION: Brees said he's admired Brady since he first played against him in college before the turn of the century — a 1999 victory for Brady's Michigan over Brees' Purdue.
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Similarly, Brady noted that the Patriots "played very poorly in the fourth quarter" of a season-opening loss to Kansas City.
This week, they must "be the kind of players that our teammates can depend on and try to go get a win at a very tough place to play," Brady said.
Brady said it was "pretty cool," some 18 years after that college meeting, to play the latest of several games against Brees.
Now 40, Brady and Brees, 38, come in highly motivated to help their clubs recover from Week 1 losses.
HOME COOKING: The game brings Brandin Cooks back to New Orleans, where he was a 2014 first-round pick and played his first three seasons. Brady said he's glad Cooks is on his side now. "He's pretty unique," Brady said. "His maturity is probably what surprised me the most. ... He wants to do extra. He wants to know what I'm thinking. He just wants to do the right thing all of the time."
When New England quarterback Tom Brady and his prolific New Orleans counterpart, Drew Brees, take the Superdome field on Sunday, it'll be just days after U2's concert. Seems fitting, given the association the Irish rockers had with key moments for both franchises in that stadium.

"It is very important. It is our home opener and we want to get everybody back on track," Brees said. "Obviously, there's a lot of things to correct."
They also hope their careers are nowhere near over, particularly after last season, when Brees led the NFL in yards passing. Brady led the Patriots to a fifth Super Bowl title.
U2 played when the renovated Superdome reopened a year after Hurricane Katrina for the Saints' triumphant 2006 home opener . They also played halftime of Brady and the Patriots' maiden Super Bowl victory in the Big Easy in 2002.
"I have so much respect for Drew and what he's accomplished," Brady said. "Playing against him for a long time; I know the challenges a Drew Brees-led team presents. We've got our work cut out for us."
The Saints presented the band with a football signed by Brees and coach Sean Payton. U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. wore a T-shirt with "Saints" printed on the back, and the crowd roared when it was shown on the big screen. U2 also played riffs of "The Saints Are Coming" — which they'd also performed with Green Day at the dome's '06 reopening — as Saints-style fleur-de-lis symbols scrolled up the expansive screen behind the stage.
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