mjf150

Not counting this year, does anyone know how many times that this team has had a top 2 overall pick in the Draft? Answer - Twice. That's amazing considering all of the countless years of futility that we as fans have suffered through. Absolutely amazing. The only two times that we were fortunate enough to receive a top two pick after suffering through another excruciating season was in '71 when we selected Archie Manning with the second overall pick and in '81 when we tapped George Rogers with our one and only first overall pick. In fact, the team has only drafted within the top five a total of just 5 times in almost 40 years. Unbelievable. All of that suffering year after year, after year, with so little pay-off. So, all of this talk about trading down to recieve more picks is nonsense. We owe it to ourselves and all of the fans that have came and went over these past four miserable decades to take advantage of what we have earned and select a quality player with a long overdue quality pick.

FatiusJeebs

But thats not a guarantee mjf. Archie Manning was awesome but he played with the worst of the worst. Its a damn shame too cause if it weren't for those nasty years he'd probably be in Canton already. George Rodgers? If I recall he was a bottle rocket...took off fast and faded out even faster. In short, it is not nonsense to talk about trading down for more picks. How is it a bad idea to increase your personnel and fill holes that need filling?