Table of Contents
Foreword Scott Van Pelt 17
Collaborative Writer's Note 21
Chapter 1 Unpredictable 27
Chapter 2 Overwhelmed by Underdogs 33
Chapter 3 A Stadium-Sized Experience 41
Chapter 4 Surrounded 47
Chapter 5 Love and Locker Rooms 53
Chapter 6 From Big Dreams to Bad Nightmares 61
Chapter 7 The New Abnormal Normal 67
Chapter 8 Brokenness 71
Chapter 9 The Worse Before the Better 79
Chapter 10 Devils … Red and Otherwise 89
Chapter 11 Ringing the Bell 95
Chapter 12 Getting Back to the Future 99
Chapter 13 A Different Kind of Chaos 111
Chapter 14 Shooting (Pain) from the Hip 115
Chapter 15 The New Hardest Thing 119
Chapter 16 The Pain of New Opportunities 121
Chapter 17 Defining Moments 131
Chapter 18 Limping In, Camping Out, and Speaking Up 137
Chapter 19 The Third Time's No Charm 149
Chapter 20 Endings and Beginnings 165
Chapter 21 Finishing Big … Finishing Well 171
Chapter 22 It's a Devastating, Wonderful Life 179
Chapter 23 Famous Last Words 195
Afterword Drew Brees 201
Epilogue: The In-Betweens of Sadness and Celebration 205
Part 1 Harsh Reality (An Essay by Blake Trent) 206
Part 2 Celebrating the Life of Tyler Trent 210
