"I believe this coach, and this quarterback -- and we wouldn't have this quarterback without this coach -- will win a championship for the Saints. I believe that. I think he's the right guy at the right time with the right team. Period.

"We've got some work to do here, as a whole, to get over the hump. Not just coaching, not just players, not just the personnel department. But I believe we're on the cusp of that."