None of those issues has anything to do with staying as good as they are.
They stay as good as they are by convincing quarterback Michael Vick that he is not invincible. They placate receiver DeSean Jackson and running back LeSean McCoy. They retain defensive-line coach Jim Washburn, which means not firing defensive coordinator Juan Castillo.
These are the issues to keep the ball rolling with their current personnel:
Progress
The most disturbing element in the past month has been Michael Vick's apparent failure to recognize that his turnovers can be averted.
After the game Sunday, Vick was defiant in his defense of tipped-ball interceptions. Which both incorrectly shifts blame for those picks and minimizes his other interceptions.
At 6-foot, Vick is a small quarterback. Well, Drew Brees is the same size.
Brees, a fine athlete, has learned to float in the pocket, to slide around his offensive linemen, who, invariably, are engaged with defenders bent on altering the flight of passes. Brees improves his sightlines and constructs cleaner passing lanes.
Brees just had the best season a quarterback ever had.
Vick must learn what Brees now knows.
First, though, Vick must learn what kept Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and, perhaps a better comparison, mobile Aaron Rodgers from the open-field punishment Vick absorbs.
Vick must learn to throw it away.
Not all quarterbacks can. Some lack the arm strength to fire a ball over the heads of everyone, sometimes as much as 30 or 40 yards, often while fleeing.
Vick has plenty of arm strength. What he must learn is humility.
Vick cannot resist the temptation - the instinct - to extend plays beyond any reasonable limit.
