This. HOF QBs are both a blessing when they’re playing and a curse, when they’re gone.
Some of you don’t want to admit it but the Saints in 2022 and 2023 were overall better teams than half the teams that Payton fielded over his tenure here. If it wasn’t for Brees, all those seasons where we went 8-8 and 7-9 (and there were many) would've undoubtedly been much, much worse.