Rugby Saint II

That may be the one trick that Mickey/this old dog/ never learned. Loomis may have traded back once before Sean came on board. Since Payton joined trading down has been against the grain of the organization.

We have been drafting and developing a strong core of players along since free agency additions when Payton came on board. We were literally just a couple of players away from a championship run each year and targeting players was the acceptable practice for a championship run.

Those deep playoff runs and championships may still be ahead of us, and there is some serious optimism with our free agent acquisitions this year.
We have been trading away multiple draft picks for years to move up for a player we coveted to complete the roster. The results were a mixed bag of successes and failures.

Our ratio increased dramatically when Ireland joined the Saints at the Senior Bowl. He still struggles with D-line especially, but the O-line has produced less than desirable results too. Maybe we need to fucus in the draft on 100% healthy players with no injury history. I believe it's time to restock the shelves with quality backups and exceptional role players, which is where we were seriously lacking last year.

If we can move up for a DT or OG this year, I would be fine with that if the cost was only an additional mid to late round draft pick. Otherwise take the BPA and get the much-needed depth that we were missing last year.

AsylumGuido

Nope. Not even once. 25 trades as the Saints GM and all were up.