Here's what many casual fans fail to realize (Drew Brees & Offense)

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Drew Brees is still an elite QB and (even at his age) better than 90-95% of all starting QBs in the league. The numbers speak for themselves.

Now, that's out of the way, i want to talk a little bit about the position. The QB. As we all know, they are the team leaders, the superstars, usually the face of the organization, deservedly they get most of the credit (when they win) because they shoulder the lion share of the responsibility for the team's success on the field and they are the player liaison between the coaching staff and the rest of the team. So yeah, they make the big bucks and rightfully so...

But... I like to compare the QB position to a married man's performance at work. This married guy can be a great employee for several years at wherever he may work. He'll do whatever is asked. Team player. Well liked by colleagues and superiors. But if he is having problems at home, you may not see it today or tomorrow but eventually down the line it will show in his work. No matter how hard he may try to mask it. It will eat away at him and cause others to think there is something wrong with him physically that's not allowing him to perform at usual standards.

If you haven't guessed the married man's troubled home life circumstances is represented by our offensive line! Yes! The O-line is the perfect marriage to the QB and just like in the real world, if the wife (home life) is not happy or deficient then your life will show it. Big Time!
That's what we see from our offensive standpoint. Drew Brees has not had consistent O-line play since the Nicks/Evans days. Our interior line has been a mix bag of inconsistent play, injuries & overall neglect and lack of talent for several years.

We've managed to win games and be somewhat successful because of the schematic brilliance of Coach Payton and the elite play of Brees. But, too many times, in crucial situations & big games. Those blown assignments and 1 v 1/loss catch up to us. The O-line is a thankless job unfortunately but is absolutely the most essential part of a team. If those big guys up front kick a$$ and do their job a team can win despite having a very avg QB... Just ask the 2000 Ravens. Trent Dilfer couldn't spell the word quarterback but he is a champion. Go figure. Of course he had an all world defense but the bottom line is on offense they were able to be efficient and dictate their style of offense because of their o-line play.

Drew Brees can still dissect any team to shreds if he has the protection to do so. Period, end of story. He's proven it, time and time again. We all know that interior pressure effects him more than edge pressure so i cannot understand why our brass does not value the lunch pale guys more. :facts3:
For whatever reason we seem to rather take an OT and try to make him an OG. Why? I don't get it. O-line flexibility is important but in today's game against these Aaron Donald type of interior rushers, you either gotta have some manster players (like we had with Nicks/Evans) or a helluva interior blocking scheme. Right now we have neither....

Hopefully OG is high on the priority list in both free agency and in the draft. Our young center looks promising but Peat is a swing and a miss and Warford is only slightly above avg.