re: I am not particularly ecstatic about how this whole QB situation has played out

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A 4 year starter, who was barely winning the job, if at all, after 8 weeks of camp and pre-season has finally pulled away against the 31 year old Mormon tight end.

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How do you know this to be the case? With as much as Payton, and the Saints, keep everything close to the vest how do you know Winston is "barely winning the job". If they want to give Taysom a fair shake, they need to let him believe he's still in the running.

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In reality, both QB's have been average through 90% of their reps in camp and in pre-season.

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Are you watching the reps in camp? How would you know? Also, how splashy can they be considering what they are working with?

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I just think the dichotomy of Saints fans going from thinking Winston is hilariously bad 2 years ago to now thinking he is the second coming of Christ 2 years later because he barely beat out a tight end in a QB battle at the end of the preseason is just the most baffling thing ever.

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It could also be that majority of the fan base sees Winston as the better QB and gives the team the better chance to win consistently; and we are cautiously optimistic. And, as bad as he looked in 2019, he was 4-4 against the Saints between 2015-2018 (only 1 of those wins was by more than 1 score). So, I don't think anyone was "excited" to see him because they thought it would be an easier opponent. Winston led teams always gave the Saints trouble, until his season with Arians, and he showed the ability to stretch the field (hence the excitement) and continue to give us an exciting offense.