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Re: Saints projected to receive three comp picks in 2022 NFL draft
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And the best player is subjective, but there can be consensus, plus there is the objective W.A.R.... |
Re: Saints projected to receive three comp picks in 2022 NFL draft
Now add up the New Orleans Saints All Pro Honors by round...
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Alright, let's try this...
Who would you say has been the best pick by draft class in production for the Saints? 2006 Draft
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Some of our best players in the Payton/Loomis have been acquired throughout the draft and hardly exclusive to Rounds 1 and 2... Look at 2016, the better DT was taken in R4 and the SS we took in R2, that move up ultimately cost an add'l three picks, isn't even with the team... |
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Now, want to point something out about trading back into the draft...
In cases like Kamara, we traded a future No 2 to gain an add'l pick to take him in R3... Full disclosure, was skeptical about the pick that early as still not convinced other teams were going to snag him... However, it was one pick - one player, and we got him a season early, so that's one of the reasons I don't criticize those moves as much... But when you put multiple picks into one player, e.g. Davenport two firsts and a fifth, you are eliminating two potential prospects from your pool... Judging by how much more successful the Saints are in later rounds vs league, the history is encouraging and should reinforce trust in later round values... And I'd say our best rounds, or rather our difference-making rounds, have been in rounds 3 & 4... One other comment, besides the obvious gold we've found in Round 7, the reason why those R7 can be valuable is to secure rights from the UDFA pool... As the roster improved, especially with Ireland on board, we weren't as successful recruiting UDFAs despite our elite success in that player pool... With the R7 pick, you can make sure you get that one player you still want there; i.e., Sean traded back in when Tommy Stevens was gonna side with Carolina... Now, Sean got caught trying to sneak Stevens onto the Practice Squad and lost him, but it showed one of the ways the R7 pick can be as valuable... |
Re: Saints projected to receive three comp picks in 2022 NFL draft
Our best class was clearly 2017 and that's because we had six of our seven picks in the top three rounds. What could have been better? Perhaps six picks in the first two rounds. Or five picks in the first two rounds. But mainly, it's being able to get the player that you want dearly in whichever round without missing out on them by taking a chance and waiting to see if they are still there later.
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Getting Ramz at the bottom of the 1st was a gift. |
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When you take in the total history and accumulation of data, as demonstrated, it's clearly evident the Saints do better with more picks...
...irregardless of the round... |
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Incidentally, football gods may have been bringing balance as the R3 pick we traded to New England was used by the Patriots to take John Thuney... And one that our late friend, Hagan, had called... |
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We’ll need all the draft picks we can get to trade for Russell Wilson next year.
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