At halftime during Sunday’s debacle in the Dome, Drew Brees left the broadcast booth at halftime to take another run onto the field turf and be inducted into the New Orleans Saints Ring of Honor.

For the good of the franchise he clearly loves so much, he needs make that move permanently.

Anyone who listened to the Fox broadcast could hear the pain in Brees’ voice as he tried to tactfully discuss the Saints abysmal offensive play-calling. Brees maintained his sense of decorum, but you got the feeling if he were at home with the fellas, Kellen Moore would have been the object of lines of linguistic scorn.

Brees called the offense predictable, which is as controversial as saying Bunny makes white bread. He also said the Saints came into the game knowing the Vikings would blitz, but seemed unprepared for it. “You’ve got to have answers,” the GOAT said.

He also said Alvin Kamara, who pass-blocked like he learned the skill from Trevor Penning, was put in “impossible situations.”

Without mentioning him by name, Brees pretty much called the Saints head coach Kellen Moore-ON.

Brees was restrained by being in the broadcast booth. Professionalism required that he do his best to show no favoritism to the team that propelled him into the Hall of Fame and admitted him into its Ring of Honor, but listeners could hear his abject disappointment.

One thing that’s obvious to anyone who watched Brees’ 20-year NFL career or listened to his moving Hall of Fame speech is that the guy is a leader of men. If Brees told me I could run through a wall, I would at least give it a try so as not to disappoint him. Through all those two decades he led them, his teammates felt the same way, and gave their all for their leader.

Brees’ confidence and character made him an admirable alpha. Everyone wanted to be near him, and no one wanted to let him down.

That makes him the polar opposite of Moore, a passive beta who wouldn’t be able to lead a Boy Scout troop through a corn maze.

Moore’s aw-shucks attitude and deferential demeanor were quaint last season when the Saints and their fans had zero expectations for the team’s success, but the emergence of Tyler Shough late last year gave Who Dats hope for a competitive 2026 season.

Those expectations were dashed during the first half of the season-opening game against the Lions, but Shough hurled the team on his back and carried it to a near win. He followed that up with a shocking come-from-behind victory in Baltimore against a healthy Lamar Jackson.

But since then, the team has played like the playoffs would interfere with its winter plans. It looks lost, and that 100% comes back to coaching. Players are not prepared, and when they make dunderheaded plays, they’re not held accountable.

Cam Jordan, who will one day join Brees in the Ring of Honor, was uncharacteristically critical of his teammates’ effort a week ago after the Monday night drubbing delivered by the Saints most-hated rival.

That was followed Sunday by Erik McCoy saying the team needed a fire lit under its, uh, backsides.

He was blunt and didn’t hold back. Good for him.

But neither of those players would have had to make those comments during the Sean Payton era. Payton was highly uncomfortable with mediocrity. The Saints weren’t always great under his tenure, but when they were merely good, you could tell it gnawed at him. He wouldn’t tolerate it.

And neither would Brees.

That’s why he needs to leave the broadcast booth and come coach this team. There would be a line of assistant coaches who would give body parts to be able to coach with Brees, and there would never be a question about who is the leader of this team.

Kellen Moore seems like a nice guy. Maybe he should go be an orderly at a nursing home. He could sneak the patients candy and snap pictures of them for their families.

But the dude is in way over his head. He’s just not cut out to be an NFL head coach. It’s obvious in the way he carries himself and the low level of respect the team has for him.

Mickey, please, for the good of the franchise you’ve devoted so much of your adult life to, make the call. Gauge the GOAT’s interest. Please.

If you want to wait until the offseason to make the change, fine. Fans can live with that. We just can’t have another season with Kellen Moore or someone equally as incompetent as him.

Men with Brees’ football knowledge and leadership skills are rare. But this one’s ours.

He would surely rescue this franchise. He just needs to be asked.