Haener starts vs Commanders: 1 INT, 5 punts ; Rattler replaced Haener in 2H: led to 19 points

in retrospect, I think your take is correct. but to put it in perspective, we were coming out of a long run with Steve Walsh, Mike Buck, Billy Joe Tolliver, Billy Joe Hobert, Danny Weurfel, and Jeff Blake playing QB. Jeff Blake was the crown jewel of that group, despite being average. So yeah, Brooks & Delhomme looked REAL good in comparison. In the words of Eddie Murphy, after all that, Brooks & Delhomme were the best saltines we ever had. LOL!

I mean, at the time, we had no idea that we would one day get a Brees :)