Okay, so I was thinking about Drew Brees the other day. What a quarterback, right? Absolute machine back in his prime with the Saints. But you know what kinda stuck in my head, separate from the football? It was watching his hairline over the years. It’s funny the things you notice.
I didn’t really set out to track it, you know? It wasn’t like some big project. But watching games year after year, press conferences, stuff like that… you just kinda see it. I remember thinking back, maybe around the Super Bowl win, and then seeing him later in his career or after he retired. Things looked a bit different up top.
So, what did I do? Well, out of curiosity one lazy afternoon, I actually did a bit of digging. Not like, super intense research, just pulling up pictures. My ‘practice’ was basically scrolling through image searches.
- Found some early photos, Chargers days even.
- Then looked at mid-career Saints photos.
- Compared those to pictures from his last season or two.
- And then checked out shots from his broadcasting gig.
And yeah, no big surprise, there was a clear difference over time. It definitely moved back a bit, got thinner maybe. Seeing it laid out like that, comparing the images side-by-side, it really highlighted the change.
What I Took Away
It got me thinking, honestly. It wasn’t about judging or anything. It was more about, well, time catches up to everyone, doesn’t it? Even legendary athletes. We see these guys as almost superhuman on the field, but they age just like the rest of us.
My own hair situation ain’t exactly rocking a teenage look anymore, so maybe that’s why it registered with me. You see someone in the public eye going through the same thing, and it’s kinda… normalizing? I don’t know. He always seemed confident, just owned it, which is pretty cool.
So yeah, that was my little dive into the Drew Brees hairline thing. Started with just passively noticing during games, then actively looking up some photos out of curiosity, and ended with me just kinda reflecting on aging and how weirdly we pay attention to these details on famous people. No big scientific study, just a guy observing stuff. It is what it is, right?
