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09-27-2012 08:40 PM |
Re: Mark Ingram's Woes
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Originally Posted by Danno
(Post 443959)
I don't think we've drafted any impact players on either side of the ball in the 1st round. What makes you think we would have drafted one with the Ingram pick? In fact, the closest we've come to an impact player in the 1st round was Reggie Bush, a running back.
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Reggie Bush was drafted when we had no offense or defense. Robert Meachem was drafted in the first round and had a couple productive seasons. But drafting defenders in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th rounds has not worked out too well. The Saints have been great at mining offensive talent in low rounds, but defensively they need to draft higher. Now I'll give them a pass from this past draft because we didn't have a high pick.
But they should have gone after a pass rusher instead of Jordan, who is a run stuffer, and with the Ingram pick maybe they could have gotten someone more in the mold of Jordan... Maybe even him, if he would have still been available. But a running back? They could have gotten that later on.
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