Demario Davis: "Saints are on the cusp"

Agreed. This is the direction I want. Grab the “Team identity building” player now, focus on everything else the rest of the way and sign a reasonably-priced impact G in free agency (got my eye on Mekhi Becton). Get Taysom Hill healthy.

A good running game in this league could mask a lot.

Taysom, AK, and Jeanty could win you a lot of games churning up yardage and time of possession, not to mention the impact it would have on the playaction game.

I also look forward to the deployment of the Tush Push cheat code in short yardage.

I truly think this is the way. Build your run game.
Jeanty cannot bust like Kendre though. He'll have to be a day one hit the ground running starter. Then when AK is ready to hang it up, then Kendre is there. Ofc we may need a third down back and even a hybrid full back/big running back as well. Like you said, get great at something then build around it. Just tossing patches around just makes you average.