I think the best way for the Saints to stay competitive post-Brees is to use Taysom or Winston (or both) to keep us afloat one year while we add a rookie and develop him. Dropping $30M a year on a QB is not sustainable on our part. Not if you want to keep the core of this team together. Otherwise, you will have Watson and little else around him.
Watson doesn’t have anyone around him in Houston because Bill O’Brien is paying guys who are no longer on the team, and traded away everyone of value. Mickey and Sean don’t do that bad a job with the payroll.
But I agree. At some point we will have to pay off the credit card, and Winston/Hill might be our best option.