I don't see everybody hating Drew. I see a bunch of people, rightly, pointing out that his game is limited now to passes under 35 yards. Beyond that his accuracy and arm strength starts to really fall off.

That's just part of getting old. It's up to Sean to adjust the game plan accordingly but it really limits your success when you can't stretch the field vertically. It allows the safeties to creep up and play the dink and dunk passes. Now when Kamara gets the little swing out pass in the flat, guys come flying up and make the tackle immediately.

It's the same problem the saints were bumping up against when they lost Jimmy Graham. They had no deep threat to draw the safeties out of the run plays and the short passes. Ginn was able to fill that role for a few years but father time is kicking his arse too.

Sean Payton's offense is all about scheming guys open using formation and route combinations but it relies on having a consistent deep threat that can stretch the field vertically like a Robert Meachem, Devery Henderson, Jimmy Graham, Ted Ginn, Etc.

He hasn't had the right combination of receivers in his receiving corps for a while now. His offense is most effective when he has a vertical burner to stretch the field along the sidelines, a pass-catching tight end to stretch the middle of the field, a couple good possession receivers for the short-to-medium stuff and a running back with reliable hands to take advantage of linebackers in space.

None of these guys have to be all Pros but he needs one of each specific skill-set. Think when he had Devery Henderson and Robert Meachem , Jimmy Graham, Marcus Colston and Lance Moore, Darren Sproles and Pierre Thomas.

This post was edited on 1/6/20 at 8:55 am