Editorials

Not trying to sound snarky, but a lot of this Taysom Hill doubterism coupled with "we should coax ___ QB out of retirement" is pretty baffling.

You can't just plug'n'play the most important piece of your offense, mid-season, with someone who hasn't thrown a football in years, doesn't know the offense, the coaches, has no chemistry with the other players, etc. Maybe for depth, but why? You have a #2 QB who was in competition to the starter, who went 3-1 as a starter last season, who has been in the offense for years, who is a competitor and a dynamic talent and the HC *loves* for a reason. You have another veteran who came off the bench and performed well-enough to take down your top division rival/defending super bowl champs. And you have a rookie who you liked enough to pick in the 4th round, who knows the playbook, and who can come in in case of emergency.

The Taysom Hill memory-holing is a whole nother animal entirely. No, he's not an All-pro--likely won't be--but that's a better QB coming off the bench than a lot of teams have. You won't find many teams with 2 or 3 franchise QBs chilling in the dugout--that's an unrealistic expectation. He has his limitations, but he also is one of the most exciting players in the NFL, was a pretty efficient passer last season, and when the ball is in his hands, good things typically happen.

But the real issue being missed here is that this isn't a team that rises and falls with one player as it was during a number of the Drew Brees years. The defense is legit, the running game is one of the best in the league, and the HC is a hall-of-famer. Winston going down is tragic--mostly because I feel for terrible for the player and the person--but the five-alarm-fire about our QB situation is really premature.

If the Saints season tanks (which I don't think it will, this is a good football team), it won't be because of the QB position in a vacuum.