Do we think Sean Payton was holding us back?

Prisoners of the moment. They like the way the off-season is going so by comparison they have to take away from someone to justify their approval. Payton is the new M. Williams or Trautman.
I agree but we can't get caught up in the offseason, that's what makes the question sad. DA is unproven as an HC, Winston still needs to do it for a whole season, and we don't know how the team will respond if we go through a tough patch. Keeping a team in the hunt for 15 years is something most coaches cannot do. Many of us were disappointed by how our seasons ended Drew's last few years but I'm not sure what else he could have done.