If stays on the Saints and they go through a lull of more than a few seasons, it does tarnish his chances to get in the Hall a little bit.
Going to another team creates a checkpoint. His resume in NOLA is safe. He’ll get in based on that.
Everything else with another team is just chasing records (another Lombardi, 200 wins).
And I can understand it.
To compare, Payton here without Drew felt like that those last few seasons of a 80s show where on of the major characters left and the quality drops significantly.
And he ended it somewhat perfectly. With a win against Atlanta. He’ll always be idolized here.
Like I said in a previous post, if you’re gonna have a “paycheck era” do it in L.A.!