This offensive system doesn't work without Sean Payton. It barely worked without Brees.

Here’s hoping that the teams who might want to trade for Payton never read this thread about how inept and archaic his offense is.
In Brees's prime, God help you because there was no stopping it. Herbert will easily be able to run that offense. The offense Brees ran his last few seasons only worked because Brees was the one running it. Payton was masterful adjusting his offense for each QB's strengths. DA and Pete haven't even shown themselves to be competent in that. You literally can't run the same offense for Jameis that you can for Andy, but that's what they've been trying to do. Payton had Jameis humming along at career-high efficiency numbers, but Pete has only been able to do the same thing for one quarter.