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In the next year or so, the New Orleans Saints will embark on a journey into the unknown. It's a journey the team would no doubt just as soon not take. But Father Time spares no one, and whether the Saints like it or not, the time is getting closer by the day that the Drew Brees era will end in the Big Easy.
For the player, it will mean the beginning of the five-year wait for Brees' induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. For the team, it means the unenviable task of replacing the best player the franchise has ever known.