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There's talk in league circles that very-soon-to-be-free-agent quarterback Drew Brees could be looking for too much money.

Word is that he's looking for a deal that carries more than $10 million in guaranteed money in the first year. We've heard elsewhere that Brees wants a deal that will average $9 million a year.

It's a lot to ask for a guy who is recovering from shoulder surgery, and who may or may not be ready to participate fully in offseason workouts in his first year with a new team.

Brees is a solid quarterback, when healthy. But he's not yet at the level of the elites, and we've got a feeling that agent Tom Condon is going to try to erase the memory of the $6 million haircut that Chad Pennington recently took by striking it rich with Brees.