If you’re familiar with the old phrase “It’s better to be lucky than good”, then imagine what it would be like if you were able to be BOTH. That’s what is about to happen to Saints quarterback Drew Brees and the Saints offense in 2013 —- where a fortuitous twist of fate has allowed the organization to ‘re-tool’ its offense by drafting 2 brand new starting Wide Receivers in back-to-back years.

Wisconsin WR Nick Toon and Oklahoma WR Kenny Stills were shrewd selections on the part of Saints GM Mickey Loomis, and that now should afford Brees with the opportunity to “reload” the Saints’ high-powered offense.

XHarahan WhoDat, AKA Barry, Staff Saints & Pelicans Writer

Adding these players who should be at Brees’ side up until the time of his eventual retirement, has to be one of the organization’s great accomplishments in recent years. Now instead of having to go out and find the eventual replacement for both Marques Colston and Lance Moore, the Saints can take full advantage of having them all play together. It’s interesting to consider just how much both Toon and Stills mirror their counterparts in both stature and style of play (Toon with Colston, and Stills with Moore). It’s as if the stars perfectly aligned themselves.

The bigger question in my viewpoint is: how long do they play as a group, before the franchise decides to part ways with Colston and Moore for good? My guess is that as long as either Colston or Moore can continue performing at a high level, they’ll remain with Brees until his retirement; while Toon and Stills will just be coming into their own completely. Surely we’re talking about a time period minimum of 5 years, until the time finally comes for Brees to hang’em up for good.

As evidenced in this past Friday’s win at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, they certainly play very well together as a group. That they have quickly established themselves as a unit, should not go unnoticed. I think that they could in time, become THE VERY BEST receiving corps in the entire League. The scary proposition for the rest of the NFL is that this will only be Year 1 of them playing together. Imagine how smoothly they’d operate — say with a year or two under their belt?

What it also does in my estimation, is that it now should finally serve as a catalyst for the organization to actively seek out the eventual successor to Brees and get him in here; so that the transition process can begin smoothly. That is of course, assuming that Payton and Loomis will eventually have to “rebuild” following Brees’ retirement. We all know that with Sean Payton as head coach, it’s more likely that he’ll just have to stop long enough to “cock and reload”…………………………………….

Picture Credit: Pic courtesy of the New Orleans Saints

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