Official 2024 Saints Draft Discussion

AsylumGuido · 04-17-2024, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

I wonder if the talent is really up on offense and down on defense in this draft or if because the past season was anomalously down offensively across most of the league, too many teams see offense as their greatest need. If everyone is drafting offense, that becomes an argument to draft defense. If offense being down across the league is a long term trend, maybe our receivers are better than we think and our corners are worse than we think, and likewise our offensive line is better than we think and our defensive line is worse than we think, because lower offensive success and higher defensive success is the new normal.

The way I have heard it explained is not that offensive talent is up in the draft or that defensive talent is down. The fact is that there is a greater need offensively and the demand will be greater early for the supposed cream of the crop. Offensive linemen are coming out of college ill-prepared as compared to the past and only a small handful might be considered close to being ready to throw into the mix and all of those are likely to go in the first round. I counted nine or ten offensive linemen favored to go in round one with fingers crossed by teams hoping that they can be plugged in and play right away somehow.

QB's are also in great demand. As many a six are projected to go in round one. Historically four or five of those will not be starting in three years.

On the other hand, WR's seem to be coming out more prepared than ever. There may be as many as seven this year going early. And then there's Bowers at TE.

That makes as many as 22 of the 32 picks being offense. It seems to me that there should be more high end defensive talent available in round two this year.

04-17-2024, 08:14 AM	#10
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: Official 2024 Saints Draft Discussion Originally Posted by BakoSaint I wonder if the talent is really up on offense and down on defense in this draft or if because the past season was anomalously down offensively across most of the league, too many teams see offense as their greatest need. If everyone is drafting offense, that becomes an argument to draft defense. If offense being down across the league is a long term trend, maybe our receivers are better than we think and our corners are worse than we think, and likewise our offensive line is better than we think and our defensive line is worse than we think, because lower offensive success and higher defensive success is the new normal. The way I have heard it explained is not that offensive talent is up in the draft or that defensive talent is down. The fact is that there is a greater need offensively and the demand will be greater early for the supposed cream of the crop. Offensive linemen are coming out of college ill-prepared as compared to the past and only a small handful might be considered close to being ready to throw into the mix and all of those are likely to go in the first round. I counted nine or ten offensive linemen favored to go in round one with fingers crossed by teams hoping that they can be plugged in and play right away somehow. QB's are also in great demand. As many a six are projected to go in round one. Historically four or five of those will not be starting in three years. On the other hand, WR's seem to be coming out more prepared than ever. There may be as many as seven this year going early. And then there's Bowers at TE. That makes as many as 22 of the 32 picks being offense. It seems to me that there should be more high end defensive talent available in round two this year.
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