Quote:I don't know that Sean Payton is any kind of QB guru. He's a brilliant play caller and tactician - but he has to have a very good triggerman.

 

It can be said that Drew Brees made Payton as much as Payton made Brees. The Drew Breeses don't come along all that often

 

I won't automatically expect Bortles fundamentals to be particularly better just because Payton is calling the plays.

 

   One x factor at least as a HC is how Sean Payton would do with a QB other than Drew Brees.   Being that Brees has started 15 or more games each season in his time with the Saints,   it's hard to say how much of Brees' success is due to Payton.  

 

   Related to this,  when Saints QB Coach Joe Lombardi became the Lions OC In 2014,  he brought the Saints Offensive system with him.  As talented as Matthew Stafford is,  the Lions Offense wasn't effective enough under Lombardi in his 24 games with the team  ( including a playoff game ),  before being fired after game # 7 last season.   Maybe the issue was largely Lombardi.   But it's also possible that Drew Brees is one of the very few QBs that can execute in this Offensive scheme effectively enough.    This is also an Offensive scheme with VERY complex pass protection assignments.    That's what led to Lombardi being fired by the Lions and ending back with the Saints as their QB Coach,

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