In 2012, with Chan Gailey at the helm, Spiller was a weapon. He moved around the offense and appeared to be the kind of weapon who gave opposing defensive coordinators nightmares.

Coach Sean Payton didn’t sign Spiller to a lucrative deal to be vanilla. He would have kept Pierre Thomas on the roster if all he wanted out of this spot was screens and sweeps.

Remember all the talk about the deep pass disappearing from the offense last season? Those issues, at least in part, can be traced back to the departure of Sproles. Spiller can open things up again.