Whats really disturbing are the former Saints playing in the NFL right now.

Hendrickson, Anzaolone, CJGJ Onyemata, Roach, Tuttle, etc

Maybe our problem isn't so much picking talent as it its keeping the right ones.

Agreed on Hendrickson, CJGI. Anzalone was always injured here. Onyemata was getting older, Roach and Tuttle are rotational pieces. The one I always go to is Al Woods, our 5th rounder who wound up having a double digit career. It feels like we wasted drafting assets on our trade ups. On the other hand, the J E T S , our farm team, has always been good to us.

Oh Smash! You really nailed it talking about wasting draft assets moving up in the draft. Here's our trades since 2017. This doesn't include which year the picks that we traded away.

In 2021 we traded two third round picks to move up for Adebo. That was a good trade.
We traded a sixth and a seventh for Landon Young. Meh trade.

In 2020 we traded two third round picks and a seventh round pick to move up for Zach Baun. Another meh trade we didn't know how to use until Cam went down.
We traded a fourth round pick, sixth round pick, and two seventh round picks for Adam Trautman. Bad trade.
Traded a sixth and seventh round for Tommy Stevens. Bad trade.

In 2019 we traded two second round, a fourth round, and a sixth round for Eric McCoy and a fourth round pick. Good trade.
Traded third round and sixth round for Teddy Bridgewater. Good trade.
Traded a fourth and a seventh round for Eli apple. OK move. We did get Kaden Ellis in the seventh round. Good enough trade.

In 2018 we traded two first round draft picks and one fifth rounder to move up for Marcus Davenport. :nuff said.

In 2017 We traded Brandon Cooks and a fourth round pick. We got Ramczyk in the first round and found Trey Hendrickson(T-Rex) in that draft. Good trade.
We traded a second round and a seventh to move up for AK in the third round. Home run trade.
We traded Stephon Anthony for a fifth round pick. No trade benefit.
This was our best draft class since 2006 and gave us the talent to overcome three back to back 7-9 seasons.

It's time to nail another draft. Kubiak needs some ammo. Let's give it to him!

Oh Smash! You really nailed it talking about wasting draft assets moving up in the draft. Here's our trades since 2017. This doesn't include which year the picks that we traded away.

In 2021 we traded two third round picks to move up for Adebo. That was a good trade.
We traded a sixth and a seventh for Landon Young. Meh trade.

In 2020 we traded two third round picks and a seventh round pick to move up for Zach Baun. Another meh trade we didn't know how to use until Cam went down.
We traded a fourth round pick, sixth round pick, and two seventh round picks for Adam Trautman. Bad trade.
Traded a sixth and seventh round for Tommy Stevens. Bad trade.

In 2019 we traded two second round, a fourth round, and a sixth round for Eric McCoy and a fourth round pick. Good trade.
Traded third round and sixth round for Teddy Bridgewater. Good trade.
Traded a fourth and a seventh round for Eli apple. OK move. We did get Kaden Ellis in the seventh round. Good enough trade.

In 2018 we traded two first round draft picks and one fifth rounder to move up for Marcus Davenport. :nuff said.

In 2017 We traded Brandon Cooks and a fourth round pick. We got Ramczyk in the first round and found Trey Hendrickson(T-Rex) in that draft. Good trade.
We traded a second round and a seventh to move up for AK in the third round. Home run trade.
We traded Stephon Anthony for a fifth round pick. No trade benefit.
This was our best draft class since 2006 and gave us the talent to overcome three back to back 7-9 seasons.

It's time to nail another draft. Kubiak needs some ammo. Let's give it to him!

That list looks like we came out pretty good overall on the traded picks. After all is said and done the draft is a crapshoot for the most part.

If it's such a crap shoot, we coulda had more talent to evaluate and get a chance to either fail or succeed with those traded away selections.

As I stated before, it's almost like a casino where the house always wins. You might get lucky as many do once in a blue moon. We need a greater level of consistency. Jeff Ireland has helped some of late. Maybe this new coaching blood will help too.