The first whisper came in a hotel lobby in Indianapolis.
After his first season in New Orleans, Taysom Hill was just some quarterback who did some things on special teams and was an athletic marvel. No one was looking at him as someone who would be in the conversation to serve as the potential successor to Drew Brees during the offseason between the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
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