2020 Saints RB Grades (Via Saints News) {several other positions also rated}

The OL was ranked #2 in both 2019 and 2020. #2 Overall and it showed when Brees was out with injuries both of those years.

I'm not directing this at you @BoxerJoe but this seems to be a theme where fans denigrate our OL and WR's to bolster Brees. Brees doesn't need that. His numbers speak for themselves. Brees was incredibly accurate but I only recall him catching 1-2 of his own passes. It just makes me wonder because a previous poster claimed our OL was simply not good. I think #2 overall is pretty damn good and it's a testament to our front office and coaches for making it consistently one of the top units. Brees doesn't run block.
Brees typically read defenses well pre-snap and got the ball out fast. That helped reduce the number of sacks that he took. The "time to throw" [stat] that the Saints OL gave Brees this past season was very middle of the pack.