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How Did Payton Do That In 2006

Posted on 6/10/25 at 8:58 pm
Posted by Scientific73
Metro Atlanta
Member since Jan 2014
828 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 8:58 pm
as a rookie coach with a rebuilt roster? In retrospect, that was a remarkable year. Then why the two years of mediocrity afterwards?
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
26126 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:03 pm to
drew brees
Posted by LooseCannon22282
Mobile
Member since May 2008
34798 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:28 pm to
back those days you could still have an old school style training camp. The Saints sure as hell did at Milsaps.



Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
10084 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:48 am to
He took the remnants of Haslett's teams and proved they could've won with proper management.
Posted by DellTronJon
Member since Feb 2010
1533 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:58 am to
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Then why the two years of mediocrity afterwards?


Jason David was pretty bad.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
38709 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 6:42 am to
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as a rookie coach with a rebuilt roster? In retrospect, that was a remarkable year. Then why the two years of mediocrity afterwards?



Haslett had reasonably good defensive personnel. That played right into an offensive coach being able to work on his side of the ball. There appeared to be relatively good, young free agent QBs out there (Brees, Culpepper). Many people thought Brees was done because of the shoulder/arm surgery, I know I did, and a lot also thought Culpepper was going to be a superstar. It seemed the stars lined up for the Saints with how that all went down.

There are some similarities to the current situation, though the QB predicament is obviously different. But maybe Shough will be that guy who everyone whiffed on taking. I can honestly say I do not know what to expect from the upcoming season.
Posted by Borntoboogy
Member since Jan 2023
787 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 6:43 am to
Spot on! That Jackson training camp with no favorites. All jobs were up for grabs.
Posted by RawDog7984
Member since Oct 2019
1947 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:15 am to
lol yes Drew, but people forget what we did in that 2006 draft. Bush, Harper, Jahri, Streif, Colston. Drew was still dealing with lingering shoulder issues in the beginning of that training camp and year. As the year progressed he got better but that team had Deuce, Reggie, Coston, jahri, Drew. Payton’s offensive scheme was incredible. It wasn’t just a Drew thing.
Posted by Mushroom1968
Member since Jun 2023
3834 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:22 am to
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lol yes Drew, but people forget what we did in that 2006 draft. Bush, Harper, Jahri, Streif, Colston. Drew was still dealing with lingering shoulder issues in the beginning of that training camp and year. As the year progressed he got better but that team had Deuce, Reggie, Coston, jahri, Drew. Payton’s offensive scheme was incredible. It wasn’t just a Drew thing.


All this

As far as 07,08 We had the worst secondary in the history of secondaries, until 2012
Posted by BTRDD
Member since Jun 2009
3604 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:25 am to
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drew brees


Drew could hardly throw the ball 40 yards when the season started. The Saints hit HOMERUNS in that draft and they hit on Fujita and Shanle afterwards. They were loaded at RB. The Defense was solid. They hit big on the OLine as well. Brees didn't come on until later in that season.
Posted by Tigerstark
Parts unknown
Member since Aug 2011
6565 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:40 am to
Schedule also gets harder when you finish high. Great strategy by nfl for good matchups and also to keep teams moving up and down the standings over years.
Posted by Mattgobear
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2007
3234 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:56 am to
Brees, healthy Deuce, draft gold helped. Defense was decent.
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
672 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 11:06 am to
1. There were good pieces there already. Always are on bad teams. Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys had players drafted by Tom Landry. Bill Walsh's 49ers also had players he inherited. Pretty much all of Vince Lombardi's great Packer players were already there when he was hired.

2. 2006 Draft was pretty good.

3. Drew Brees.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
76174 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 11:41 am to
The saints were a perennial 8-8 team.

2005 wasn’t exactly a normal year leading to that terrible record

and then he just added
Drew fricking Brees
Reggie Bush
Marques Colston
Kathi Evans
Roman Harper
Zach Streif
Scott Fujita
Scott Shanle
Simoneaux
Hollis Thomas
Omar Stoutmire
Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
11647 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 11:56 am to
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Jason David was pretty bad


My favorite name for him was toast.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70596 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 12:51 pm to
In the 2006 Season, the Saints played 15 of their 16 regular season games at Noon, the only exception was the notable MNF game Week 3 versus the Falcons.

There's something to be said for that regularity in process.

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49121 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:41 pm to
According to everyone else's fans the NFL loves the saints and wanted to capitalize off Katrina and give us a SB
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
60030 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:30 pm to
Teams picking early also get easy schedules

They were 10-6 and the 2 seed, pretty much a down year for the NFC,
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
4182 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:38 pm to
Some of Payton’s concepts in 06 were incredibly innovative at the time. Leveling and WR flexibility to sit in zones (Joe Horn was a master) to break routes were new concepts that worked very well with a cerebral Bree’s.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
42143 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 11:17 pm to
Did a good job using Bush and Deuce together.
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