Why should he go on?

But Tuesday also likely meant a little bit more to Brees than any other Saints player.

Like Deuce McAllister, like Mike McKenzie, like Jonathan Vilma, Colston is coming off of knee surgery.

And then his season took a nose dive.

In fact, his view of the game moments after it concluded were nearly the exact same Monday afternoon – New Orleans (7-8) couldn’t figure out third-down, couldn’t get into the end zone and couldn’t beat a team that played particularly well.

But don’t blame the defense. Only eight teams have allowed fewer points than the Eagles’ defense this year, and the unit brilliant inside the red zone.

“Statistics from the first four games – I know it’s one touchdown and nine interceptions – it’s a little deceiving,” Brees said Wednesday. “I don’t feel like I was that bad. That’s certainly not me. I don’t how any of those interceptions happened, that’s not me.”

Reggie Bush might be back, and with Aaron Stecker firmly in command of the featured back spot, New Orleans’ offense could once again present matchup problems for opponents.

Now, these two backs are tasked with resuscitating New Orleans’ run game.

Head coach Sean Payton said the team signed Martin Gramatica to handle the Saints field goal, extra points and kick offs.

In the very least, it needed to hold onto the ball prior to punting it back to Tampa Bay, in theory with fewer than 3 minutes remaining and the Bucs holding no timeouts.

One thing he won’t do, though, is pull out the Algebra book and figure out mathematically what needs to happen for New Orleans to gain a leg up in the NFC Wild Card race.

Ortega, almost a year and a half older than Taylor, needed a way to get to school. Enter Taylor.

And for that, New Orleans can count its blessings.

It’s not about Reggie Bush vs. Mario Williams.

Those asking questions weren’t there to ask about positives, though. Through it all, David remained and answered question after question about how he can still be confident and about what’s wrong with his game.