Filmmaker Calls Out Saints QB Drew Brees As 'Sacred Cow' In Bounty Scandal

Drew Brees is possibly the most popular player in New Orleans Saints history as a Super Bowl champion and community leader. Sean Pamphilon, the documentary filmmaker whose now-infamous Gregg Williams audiotapes exposed the Saints' bounty scandal, has a harsher view of Brees, saying he's the team's sacred cow. Talking to XEPRS-AM in San Diego, Pamphilon says he consulted Brees and former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita before releasing the Williams tapes. Pamphilon, however, says it's time for Brees — an active union leader — to talk about what went on with the Saints. "You don't know if they're standing by (the audio release), because they're ignoring it," Pamphilon told XEPRS-AM. "Scott briefly addressed it after it came out, but Drew hasn't owned it at all, and no one's called him on it. The guy is as Teflon as you can get." Later in the interview, Pamphilon suggests Brees is being disingenuous about evidence or lack thereof as the players insist, against the Saints. "Drew Brees knew that this stuff existed and he's continually said that there's no evidence that the bounty existed," Pamphilon told XEPRS-AM. "Then why is he on the phone with me two hours before I released the audio, and he's saying to me, 'I want to see your essay before this hits the wire'? He was part of it, but he pretends like he's not. And it's amazing to me that this sacred cow is allowed to walk around and acting as if he's not even involved, saying that there's no evidence. He's referencing weapons of mass destruction. Well, if there's nothing to hide and there's no evidence, then Drew, why are you calling me two hours before it's released, trying to, quote-unquote, shape it?"

Source: Sporting News
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