What about the development of Brees himself? He was a QB that began playing some B+/A- football in 2004 once he saw that his possible replacement was brought in. He was not the slam dunk first ballot HOFer and Super Bowl MVP we came to know. Acquiring Brees was big news around this time 16 years ago, but drafting Reggie Bush over a month later was supposed to be our game-changing acquisition of the 2006 offseason.