I was only arguing stats, not conclusions
A QB being efficient is important.
It may not mean he could win a shootout where he had to throw 400 yards and put up 35+ points without making too many mistakes like Brees could. But the team had changed identity by that point anyway. Other than Thomas and Kamara, we did not have some super high octane offense. Brees would rarely throw for 300+. And we won plenty of games with him throwing < 200. One time he threw a whopping 63 yards and we still won