Brees: "Not sure how much longer I can do this, tired of saying next year"

I don't blame him. We've wasted much of his career. I am thankful for that one ring but we should have at least one more.

Next year is the year. Playoffs or shut up.

Time to do what it takes to help the team.

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Next year is the year. Playoffs or shut up.

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Why wasn't this year the year?

What will change between now and the start of next season that couldn't have changed last offseason?

Cap space. We cut a bunch of selfish guys that didn't fit so most of that dead cap is now gone.

hard to pay up for defense with the cash he's taking home.

it's a reality most NfL teams deal with.

and then when we have spent up for some defensive players (Byrd) for example, we haven't gotten the kind of return we hoped.

Corners can't stay healthy either.. combine that with a weak pass rush and its 7-9 galore.

1. Offensive line was a big question mark and they proved they can still play
2. Health (rankins and bureaux especially)
3. Mike Thomas is a year older and year smarter
4. Draft picks (hopefully someone opposite Jordan or a corner)
5. Team is just young. They will improve in house
I understand what you're saying, but the expectations were all time low this year and they came along after a shite start

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Payton wasted Brees' career with shitty defense. 11 years and not one time did he have a dominant defense. Every year is a chase to overcome bad defensive play.

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Its a cultural problem. Payton knows offense but not a frickin thing about fielding a good defense. His whole, let's just swap out defensive coordinators hasn't been the answer. You can't change one person on the staff & expect the problem to be fixed. Doctors don't treat cancer by just trying to remove a portion of it. They have to remove all of it or the chances are high it returns & spreads. Joe Vitt & Bill Johnson are coaching cancers. Vitt has yet to develop a young LB in New Orleans. The defensive line was ok this season but for most seasons, they have underachieved. You don't force coordinators in the NFL to constantly have to coach with pre hand picked staffs especially when those retained coaches have such a poor history of developing players like Vitt & Johnson has.

well I mean we have had a losing record since he signed his big deal.

and even before that our defense wasn't super elite. Even in the Super Bowl season they weren't good statistically. They just came up with clutch turnovers and even cashed in a few themselves for TD's.

the talent evaluation was poor for a few years too but I think this past draft class has potential.

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So you're not very educated on the status of the franchise and its salary cap, thats alright, you can probably still post shite online and no one will call you out.

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No need to be so angry while still not answering the question, Mickey.

What free agent signings have we made in the past five years that lead you to believe our front office will turn the team around with a few more?

We have several reasons to not trust the front office at this point.