DAVIE, Fla. — The quarterback who got away is finally coming to Miami to play Sunday.

Drew Brees will play the Dolphins for the first time since they courted him as a free agent in 2006. He has since thrown for 15,310 yards and 101 touchdowns for the New Orleans Saints, while the Dolphins are on their seventh starting QB and third head coach in the past four seasons.
The Saints outbid the Dolphins, then coached by Nick Saban. New Orleans offered Brees $10 million guaranteed even though he was recovering from a serious shoulder injury.
“All due respect to the Miami organization and coach Saban,” Brees said Wednesday, “but I didn’t feel like they believed in me and my ability to come back from that injury like the Saints did.”