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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

On Drew Brees

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dec 1 2009, 11:00 AM ET Comment

I couldn't watch the game last night--they haven't started netcasting Monday Night Football yet--so I'd be interested in hearing some thoughts from you guys. In keeping with our discussion of Vince yesterday, it's really amazing to see the career Drew Brees is putting together. I don't know if people thought Brees was "done," but there was definitely some talk of him being a bust when the Chargers drafted Phillip Rivers. It looks like Rivers is doing just fine, but again, I think this serves as an admonishment to people (like me) who think they can prognosticate. It's a complicated game. We just don't know what's going to happen.

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