foreverfan

Christian McCaffrey 5'11" 202 4.48 40 - RB - Stanford

Great question: Which player do you think NFC South coaches would fear the most for the Saints to draft at #11?

I think everyone would agree that the Saints need to draft a real difference maker at #11. A player that will actually change every game. Do any of you think that Sean Payton cares if it is offense or defense? Think back to how great our offenses was with Reggie Bush, Darren Sproles or Pierre Thomas (Superbowl). This guy is a excellent WR who is strong and fast enough to be a great RB. It isn't hard to see him as a great addition to our offense.

This could be exactly what Sean Payton is thinking he is missing. On the Saints offense, we line up RBs at WR. Imagine 3rd down with McCaffrey lined up at WR and Ingram in the back field. Would the TE be open... Could you really afford to blitz Brees? Imagine what could happen with well... just about anybody. We've been #1 before and we can do it again. Draft defense or trade pic #32 and draft defense in the 2nd and 3rd... Make sense to me. In fact, I can't see Payton going any way other than this unless he is able to trade down and still get him.

Do any of you really think that Payton is going to pass this guy up given his past history? Face it... Ingram isn't a speed demon or a game changer. Watch these two videos... McCaffrey runs and catches the ball incredible. In workouts at the combine, he never dropped one pass. If I was in the NFC South, I would crap myself if the Saints drafted him. PLUS HE'S WHITE. GTFOH... LOL

Ok... I realize this is a reach and most of you want defense. Still, having the #1 offense scoring team in the league would certainly help our team in the NFC South.

2019 Death of a Parrot.

shawnkytonk

So, you want to put up 40 pts a game and still lose?

Danno

Fournette

foreverfan

LOL... How about we include getting of the field on 3rd on defense with never get off the field on 3rd on offense. The draft is deep in DE and CBs. Nobody is saying to stop defensive picks. The Saints could be the perfect team for McCaffrey.

In any case... I'm just asking you guys to think about the options he would bring in protecting Brees by creating more problems for defenses.

Fournette isn't an option Danno... In fact, McCaffrey is a reach at #11.

|Mitch|

I think I'd rather have OJ Howard at #11; IF we're drafting offense...

foreverfan

Great pick but again... we need an immediate difference maker and would he be that in 2017?

Consider, would it be extremely hard to get to Brees on 2nd or 3rd down with both Ingram and McCaffrey on the field considering the rest of the WR and TEs we currently have? What do you do? This is how we got the #1 offense in years past.

Could you actually afford to blitz Brees without paying for it? Imagine how much we missed Sproles the past two years.

Hey... it doesn't matter what I think... ask Payton what he thinks....

2019 Death of a Parrot.

|Mitch|

I'm hoping he's thinking defense

foreverfan

Works both ways... Payton and Brees know how to do this...

With 7 more points per game, we would have won 7 more games and been 14-2... and with 4 points... 4 more games.

How much have we improved on defense already? How much will the draft or a trade bring? May be good enough.

jnormand

I wouldn't mind McCaffrey if we go offense with that pick.

|Mitch|

How's the saying go? Offense wins games; but defense wins championships!

Doesn't matter how good or bad your offense is, if your opponent can't score; they can't win...