Do we think Sean Payton was holding us back?

Sumdude34 said
We almost limped to the playoffs last year with a depleted team, so SP is not a bad coach at all.

Still, his offense was outdated for about 3 years and he didn't seem to have any desire to reinvent it like he has done so many times before. Forcing Jameis to run QB like a 41 year old DB was proof of that. There was just so little creativity in his playcalling or scheming, even taking into consideration how bad the playmakers available were.

It looked like someone who has been playing Madden for 7 hours straight and is just bored.

thank you...I thought for a while I was the only one that saw this. Sean didn't bother to open the offense back up, that was the most disappointing thing about early last season, he was forcing JW to play within what I called the Brees bubble, 15 yards and in with an occasional shot over the top.

I think after the 4 seasons prior 2017-2021 where it was almost all short slants, curls and outs, CSP just simply forgot how to, or just got used to not attacking a defense at all levels.