Remember those one or two games here and there (2 Viewers)

[saintsmarchin]

Where Brees messed up or did something bad in a game. I use to curse and scream.

Im sorry Drew Brees.. I didnt know what I had till it was gone

 

[AARPSaint]

Nobody’s perfect, not even Drew Brees. He was so good that a bad play was presumed to be someone else’s fault. And he would acknowledge IIRC when he made a bad decision. We got spoiled.

I’d settle for a good QB at this point, but he needs an adequate OL and good weapons. All Carr has right now is two good OTs, a great C when healthy, and Alvin Kamara.

 

[Saint KayBee]

There have been a lot of quarterbacks across decades, generations, play styles, and evolutions of the sport. The number is certainly in the thousands.

There is a case to make that, of all those quarterbacks in history, Drew Brees ranks #1 in terms of how to approach the game, play the game, and elevate his teammates.

Number. One.

It’s not unassailable, but it is doable. That’s who we as fans got to watch play QB for 15 seasons out of 58 the team has played. A 10-year-old budding Saints fan in 2006 watching Saints football with their parents and family got to hit puberty, finish high school and college or basic training, and enter adulthood - and did all that with an arguable greatest of all time operating the Saints’ offensive system every fall. It’s all that now-adult of their late 20s had ever known until three seasons ago.

The next guy to play quarterback - all of the next guys, in fact - aren’t going to attain that status just by walking in the building. Greatness in the fashion of Drew Brees isn’t permeable. It doesn’t get into the walls, it’s not a recruitment tactic, it has no transferrable power. It was uniquely his, and as it goes and will continue to go, he’s done playing. He’s so done playing he has to play catch with his kids left-handed. He belongs to our memories now, but cannot belong to our standards - because imposing standards onto someone else is a speed pass to a bad time. This hobby of leisure will become a burden. You will slip out of observer and into participant with one major drawback: no opportunity to actually participate.

Thank #1 for the memories and wish the next guy the best. Cheer loudly when he does well.

 

[meily]

2006-2021, what I wanted the Saints to be as a kid in the 90's they finally became (comparable to the top teams in the league year in and year out)

 

[sfidc3]

2006-2021, what I wanted the Saints to be as a kid in the 90's they finally became (comparable to the top teams in the league year in and year out)

Same, except I was a kid in the 70's, imagine that nightmare.....hell, the whole neighborhood of football playing kids were excited if a Saints RB/WR had over 100 yards.....because there was almost no expectation of winning....

So for me, I give thanks for both Brees and CSP because my boys got to grow up with the best version of the Saints....

 

[kcirdor]

Yea, as a kid in 80s you grow up with this "good" team that always found a way to DA the season. All you hear about is how terrible the team was forever.. the kids growing up now are experiencing the 80s Saints.. heart ache of being so close yet so far away. Everyone saying id rather be mid than suck.. mid forking sucks.

 

[dutar76]

All the Brees years weren't good years for us, BUT we always felt we were in it. I miss going into each week believing we could (and often should) win. Regardless of the opponent.

Now we go into each week hoping we can steal a win somehow. Same goes for the season. Instead of thinking 11 or 12 wins (even back when our defense was putrid), now we're all hoping to be a game on the plus side of 8-8. Sean and Drew gave us that belief.

Weren't we the winningest team in the league for over a decade? Think I remember seeing a chart on that. Top 5 for the SP/DB years at least. That was fun ball even if we got our hearts broke a bunch. I just want that swagger back as a fan. Stinks being in a class with teams like the Browns and Jets. Even knowing that this is how fans of most teams feel most of the time.

SP said that when the season starts, he knows which 6 or so teams have a legitimate shot at a title that year. Said all coaches and GMs know. Pretty sure we were on that short list most seasons when we had elite HC/QB combo.