Chase Daniel and Sean Canfield currently sit behind Brees for an opportunity to maybe play someday as the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints. Let's be realistic: barring injury, that's never going to happen.
It's not all bad, though. You get to collect a check, you don't have to actually deal with the pressure and hits, and you get a front row seat to work with and watch one of the best quarterbacks in the league. I can think of worse jobs.
The jury is still out on Daniel. None of us really know how good the guy can be. It did get me thinking, though, who is the best backup the Saints have ever had?
Below are the players that have been No. 2 on the depth chart in the team's history:
2010: Chase Daniel
2008-2009: Mark Brunell
2006-2007: Jamie Martin
2003-2005: Todd Bouman
2002: Jake Delhome
2001: Jeff Blake
2000: Aaron Brooks
1998-1999: Billy Joe Tolliver
1997: Billy Joe Hobert
1995-1996: Tommy Hodson
1993-1994: Wade Wilson
1991-1992: Steve Walsh
1989-1990: John Fourcade
1988: Dave Wilson
1987: John Fourcade
1985-1986: Bobby Hebert
1983-1984: Dave Wilson
1982: Guido Merkins
1981: Dave Wilson
1977-1980: Bobby Scott
1976: Bobby Douglass
1975: Larry Cipa
1972-1974: Bobby Scott
1969-1971: Ed Hargett
1968: Karl Sweetan
1967: Gary Cuozzo
A lot of really, really bad names on there; and a few good ones. Based on tenure, Bobby Scott (7 years), Dave Wilson (4 years), John Fourcade and Todd Bouman (3 years each) had the longest stretch as the primary backup. In terms of backups who eventually became starters for the Saints, those would be Dave Wilson, Bobby Hebert, Steve Walsh, Billie Joe Hobert and Aaron Brooks. Jake Delhomme also became a starter, but that was for the Panthers and Browns. Of this list, he had by far the most success with another team.
So my question is, who was the best Saints' backup of all time? I'm removing Hebert, Walsh and Brooks from eligibility because they spent more time as starters than backups. That leaves the following as possible picks: Brunell, Delhomme, Wilson, Fourcade, Scott...let's face it, the rest were garbage.
Who's your pick?