Brees 'never will' forget non-call in NFC title game

New Orleans Saints fans won't forget the non-call in the 2018 NFC Championship game, and neither will the team.

"Still haven't, never will," quarterback Drew Brees said to Katherine Terrell of The Athletic.

All of those memories will come rushing back as the Saints prepare to face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 2 of the 2019 season.

"When you say forget about, you have to find a way to compartmentalize it to where you can move on in a positive way, so I found a way to do that," Brees said of the play in last year's title game that should've resulted in a pass-interference call against the Rams.

Moving forward, the quarterback said he's ready to look at this week's game through a different lens.

"We can put together all the storylines we want. Bottom line is, they're a really, really good football team," he said. "They have the same goals and aspirations as we do. We just happened to be the two teams last year that were kind of at the top and had a chance to play in that NFC championship game and go to the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, that didn't go our way. They had a phenomenal season. They've got great players and coaches just like we do."

Sunday's contest comes with much less on the line than their previous matchup but Brees knows the outcome could go a long way in determining how the season plays out.

"It's a very important game because it's the next game," he said. "it's a very important game because it's against an opponent that we know has a great chance of being there at the end just like we hope to be, so there's implications that go with that."