Up until Drew Brees announced that he would be returning to the New Orleans Saints for the 2020 season, there was a period of speculation surrounding the possibility of 30-year-old offensive weapon Taysom Hill — in all his 22 regular and postseason dropbacks of glory — becoming the team’s starting quarterback next season. As fun as it may have been to see that play out, the New Orleans Saints simply would not have been the championship contenders that they are with Brees at the helm.
Given their unceremonious first-round exit from the postseason last season at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings, it is easy to forget that the Saints were one of the best teams not in only the NFC but the entire league.