A New "Old" Head Coach

saintswhodi · 12-14-2005, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by mjf150

Actually, at the time it was not a "no-brainer". It's hard to believe knowing what we know now, but just as many teams had Ryan Leaf listed at the top, as did Manning. And because we are the Saints and had that idiot of a GM at that time, I'm not so sure that we wouldn't have been one of those teams to take Leaf instead.

I disagree there. I think it was pretty much a no brainer. Leaf was not rated as high as Manning, and was widely considered the number two QB in that draft, still pretty damn lofty for what he turned out to be though. I think where the iffy part came in was when they played the "well, if this team gets the first pick, they should take so and so...." type arguments. But Manning was rated as the number one player, so based on that, I still feel it was a no brainer. I had no idea Leaf would be such a bust, as I am sure not many others did, but I do know Manning was rated higher. If you subscribe to the theory you take the highest rated player at your position of need, that to me makes it a no brainer. Plus, Peyton being from New Orleans, And his father having played for us and being a legend, I don't care who the GM was at the time, they would have taken Manning. IMO let me say. Don't wanna post inaccuracies without facts on an opinion based forum.

12-14-2005, 10:24 AM	#11
saintswhodi 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 6,941	Originally Posted by mjf150 Actually, at the time it was not a "no-brainer". It's hard to believe knowing what we know now, but just as many teams had Ryan Leaf listed at the top, as did Manning. And because we are the Saints and had that idiot of a GM at that time, I'm not so sure that we wouldn't have been one of those teams to take Leaf instead. I disagree there. I think it was pretty much a no brainer. Leaf was not rated as high as Manning, and was widely considered the number two QB in that draft, still pretty damn lofty for what he turned out to be though. I think where the iffy part came in was when they played the "well, if this team gets the first pick, they should take so and so...." type arguments. But Manning was rated as the number one player, so based on that, I still feel it was a no brainer. I had no idea Leaf would be such a bust, as I am sure not many others did, but I do know Manning was rated higher. If you subscribe to the theory you take the highest rated player at your position of need, that to me makes it a no brainer. Plus, Peyton being from New Orleans, And his father having played for us and being a legend, I don't care who the GM was at the time, they would have taken Manning. IMO let me say. Don't wanna post inaccuracies without facts on an opinion based forum.