Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

The Saints own a pair of first-round picks after trading tight end Jimmy Graham to the Seahawks and they have five picks overall in the first three rounds, which puts them in position to add some talent to the roster after a 7-9 season.

During an interview with WWL on Wednesday, coach Sean Payton gave some hints about what kind of talent the team was hoping to acquire. It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who watched the Saints in 2014 that Payton thinks the team needs immediate help on the defensive side of the ball.

“It’s going to be important for us defensively in this draft to bring in some guys that we feel like can help us play right away,” Payton said, via the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “And I think if you’re looking closely to when we’ve been real good, there’s been that element defensively, there’s been that element in the running game.”

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Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Defenders. Offensive players. A kicker. All COULD play right away. :)

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

He'll trade up for Cooper.

\mightnotbekidding

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Either this is a smoke screen by Payton or we plan to draft Collins, Scherff, Shelton or Beasley (trade up scenario) right away.

I'm my opinion, these are Pro ready players.

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Play where?

Starting defense? Backup defense?? Special teams???

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Well,with Seans comment, Im assuming we're going offense in the first...or unless he wants other teams to think that and we go defense....or unless he knows other teams will know his mind games and assume we go defense,but in actuality we go offense. Who knows?

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Who is honestly going to help us, help right now at 13 and 31. We're moving up.

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

We know that, can we find them is the question.

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

Yes we are sir. It will be right before the Failclowns. :ubl:

Re: Sean Payton: We need to draft defenders who play right away
 

All we really need is some high-quality H2O!

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