Do we think Sean Payton was holding us back?

Judge_Smails said

It’s OK to hit a small target with a big gun.

I love Sean and believe he should be in the HOF someday, but he definitely appeared to always choose the challenge of relying on his “offensive genius “ to create great offenses without many elite skill players.

I’d much rather load up on playmakers AND have an offensive genius to rely upon.

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So, with years of leading the league on offense and useless defenses to the point that the #1 most worn out phrase on this board being "can he play safety" the complaint is that he didn't acquire enough elite offensive talent.

Isn't that really ignoring the facts of salary cap, Brees's contract and the fact that were it not for slightly better D over a few years we could have won more? Then, when we finally get a D worth a damn we get cheated, bad calls and still 13 win seasons?

HOw fine of a hair do we have to split to acknowledge CSP was the best coach other than Beillicheck for 16 years and that anything against him is silly in context?