This is something a lot of people don't know. I was watching a YouTube video of the 1991 Saints playing against the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football. The Raiders had never lost on MNF. We won 27-0. Towards the end of the game, Frank Gifford was comparing Walsh to Hebert since Hebert was making his return after being out with an injury for several weeks with them loosing in the 4th quarter under Walsh. He put up a stat showing Bobby as a starter was undefeated 12-0 against AFC teams which was unheard of. I thought that was pretty impressive.
Watching this video, it reminded me of a lot…people used to talk bad about Bobby and say we only won because of our great defense and despite his play, but it sure seemed like we lost a lot whenever he wasn’t playing, whether due to injury or his holdout year.
He wasn’t the greatest QB, but he sure seemed to be an important part of what we did, like a glue that held it all together for us.