Once maligned, now divine

Full Story Here: "Drew Brees said over and over the day Pro Bowl selections were announced last month that he expected all along he would get an invitation to Hawaii as one of the NFL's top quarterbacks this season.

At one point, an ESPN interviewer stopped him practically midsentence and asked in obvious astonishment, 'Really? Even after they drafted Philip Rivers?'

'Yes,' Brees said simply.

Brees had said the same thing back in May, shortly after Rivers was acquired in a draft-day trade."