re: Just an observation on the direction of our team going forward

Outside the LA game, the offense has not played well lately. The o lone is a huge question mark. Brees isn't going anywhere, but he's only under contract for 1 more season and you cannot discount him wanting to move elsewhere (didn't know that he actually still lives in the SD area during the off-season). Got to start finding a replacement that can be groomed.
The D's overall stats are not good, but since Ellerbee and Rankins have started playing, there has been a significant move in the right direction. Just have to hope that Breaux's struggles are related to him possibly not being 100%.