Vital role where he plays while preparing Taysom to take over. It allows Brees to be off the bench on the field as a starter while allowing load management getting Taysom more valuable QB reps so that by start of next season Taysom is QB1 and Brees becomes highest paid backup with coaching role locking him into the Saints organization.

The strategy monetarily works because they still have Taysom on the cheap to afford Brees to close out his contact. It would not surprise me if next year we see Brees wearing a headset with pads like Detmer did, which Brees taking it a step further and becoming part of the coaching staff one the pads come off.