| frydaddy |
04-26-2025 09:01 AM |
Re: With the 40th pick in the Draft, the Saints select: Louisville QB Tyler Shough ⚜️
So, a Lotta folks are saying we could have gotten him later, maybe that's true, but maybe not. I'll admit, I knew very little about him until a couple weeks ago. What I've learned since then is that some teams had him rated as their #1 QB on the board, ahead of Cam Ward. There was talk that he might go late 1st, and when the Giants traded back into the 1st to take Dart, I thought there was a chance that the Saints might try to do the same for Shough. I'm glad that they didn't. I think they've done a good job of being disciplined this draft and letting the board come to them, even if I don't fully agree with every pick. I don't know if Shough will ever turn out to be a good QB. He has warts like every other QB this year. But they obviously think he's got potential, and I seriously doubt that he would've still been there for them in round 3. I get that there were guys at other positions who might have had a better chance at starting, but we all know how desperate the QB situation is for this team, and waiting till later in the draft to take a flyer on some guy who would need a miracle to develop into a starter is pointless. They've got multiples of that guy on the team already. The whole thing is a crap shoot. Getting Foskey in round 2 a couple years ago felt like a steal, there's a good chance he doesn't even make the team this year. I look at the Shough pick like this, I'm glad there was a guy there who they had a strong enough belief in to take with an early 2nd round pick. I'm glad that it didn't cost multiple picks to get him. If he works out, great. If not, you're probably picking high again next year and you take another shot. I say invest as many picks as you have to into finding yourself a good QB. I think the days of a great defense being able to carry a Trent Dilfer across the finish line are gone. You need a stud QB, and until you get one you're only ever going to be an also ran.
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