Concern about offense

I was told by many esteemed elite armchair GM's on this very forum that noodle arm Brees was holding the team back and the deep ball was the solution.
What if it’s not an either/or. What if we need both a credible deep threat to back safeties out of the box and give our run game a numbers advantage, and a credible commitment to the run to keep defenses honest instead of always pinning back their ears against our O line?