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Since you asked...Mel Kiper's Grade on Saints Draft

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by FinSaint SP was talking about the need vs BPA in his post draft interview and he basically stated that the philosophy is to get as many good players "in the house" as possible, and that is where ...

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Old 05-03-2021, 09:58 AM   #1
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Re: Since you asked...Mel Kiper's Grade on Saints Draft

Originally Posted by FinSaint View Post
SP was talking about the need vs BPA in his post draft interview and he basically stated that the philosophy is to get as many good players "in the house" as possible, and that is where coaching takes over.

I think that is a sound approach, because you can easily get caught up in chasing certain positions, and never landing a good player inspite of that.

Draft the BPA and fill positions on the depth chart with UDFAs and more importantly proven vets through the FA.

Then through coaching and game-planning maximize your team's strenghts while minimizing the effect of the areas of weakness.
Normally that is what I see from the Saints... BPA.

However, in this draft it was clear we went after set positions of weakness. I think the idea of addressing needs was good, particularly this year when we can't address those needs in free agency.

Good draft? Maybe.
Good attempt to improve the team? I think so.
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Old 05-03-2021, 10:08 AM   #2
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Re: Since you asked...Mel Kiper's Grade on Saints Draft

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Normally that is what I see from the Saints... BPA.

However, in this draft it was clear we went after set positions of weakness. I think the idea of addressing needs was good, particularly this year when we can't address those needs in free agency.

Good draft? Maybe.
Good attempt to improve the team? I think so.
It'll be a while before we find out what really happened, but Sean was definitely target-fixated on Caleb Farley and solving the need at CB2...

There should've been a backup plan and equal effort being given to move up with the Colts to take Newsome; looking forward to hearing the goods...

To be honest, was surprised Adebo stayed on the board to R3, felt the talking heads had it wrong; I'd told some friends I'd hoped to take Adebo in R2...

Also, it's not getting a lot of coverage but I've heard several hints dropped about this draft not having as much of the common background being shared...

Police Backgrounds, Medicals (Health & History), Athletic Index Measurements, are usually there for all teams, but may not have been this season...

Hoping some of my career friends that do this can discover and report if there was legit issues...
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Old 05-03-2021, 10:12 AM   #3
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Re: Since you asked...Mel Kiper's Grade on Saints Draft

Originally Posted by jeanpierre View Post
It'll be a while before we find out what really happened, but Sean was definitely target-fixated on Caleb Farley and solving the need at CB2...

There should've been a backup plan and equal effort being given to move up with the Colts to take Newsome; looking forward to hearing the goods...

To be honest, was surprised Adebo stayed on the board to R3, felt the talking heads had it wrong; I'd told some friends I'd hoped to take Adebo in R2...

Also, it's not getting a lot of coverage but I've heard several hints dropped about this draft not having as much of the common background being shared...

Police Backgrounds, Medicals (Health & History), Athletic Index Measurements, are usually there for all teams, but may not have been this season...

Hoping some of my career friends that do this can discover and report if there was legit issues...
And what gives you the idea that Payton was "target-fixated on Caleb Farley"?
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