Originally posted by By TIM REYNOLDS@ AP Sports Writer
Drew Brees was in the water with great white sharks off the South African coast a couple years ago, and dove near Australia's Great Barrier Reef earlier this offseason.
Yet the fear of injury precludes San Diego's Pro Bowl quarterback from doing everything on his wish list, including downhill skiing and skydiving.
Brees, like most of the NFL players who came to South Florida for the league's annual quarterback challenge, expressed concern for Cleveland tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., who was seriously injured when he crashed his high-powered motorcycle earlier this month.
Winslow might miss the 2005 season.
"You've got to live life, but then again you only have a small window to achieve something not everybody gets a chance to do by playing in the NFL," Brees said Thursday from the challenge, to be taped Friday and televised this summer. "Just kind of weigh those options and see what you can get away with."
The standard NFL contract prohibits players from engaging in potentially dangerous activities, and Winslow could be required to pay back some of the $5.05 million in bonus money he already received from the Browns if he cannot play this season because of his accident.
