It was legit. Brady was looking at us before Tampa.
Apparently Brees got a word of this and suddenly had a change of heart about retirement and told the team he was coming back.
So Brady pivoted to Tampa.
If this was true I again put the majority of the blame on the front office and Payton as opposed to Brees; if Brady really had interest in us and the FO and coaching staff willingly chose Brees over him (after that all-time pathetic showing vs. the Vikings to boot), then that's on them. Can't blame Ol' MAGA Yeller for taking $50 million after getting shown up by Kirk fukkin Cousins in the offs if Loomis was dumb enough to offer it to him and Perco P was happy to welcome him back for another doomed year in spite of that performance