stockman311

You want the best reason why our defense stinks ? I have the answer. It's called the draft my friends.
Lets take a little jaunt down memory lane and I will show you why we are 0-4 right now.

2002

At number 13 we select Donte Stallworth (No longer with the team). Two slots later Albert Haynesworth gets snapped up. Yes the same Albert Haynesworth that just demolished our OLine agains Tennessee last week. You think Albert might be an improvement over Brian Young or Hollis Thomas? That was rhetorical don't answer it.

To make matters worse Ed Reed was picked 11 spots later by the Ravens. You think our secondary would be giving up all of these big plays with Ed back there? I don't think so.

2003 (PoopDraft 2003)

I think you all remember Sullivan (no longer with the team) right? Number 6 pick right? Waste of life and space on planet earth right? Well look at the murderers row that went in the next ten picks:

Kevin Williams - would have looked nice next to Albert
Terrell Suggs - No need to take Will Smith after this pick
Marcus Trufant - Do we even have a CB on this team right now. (This was who I wanted at the time just for full disclosure)
Troy Polamalu - I also like him before the draft, I wonder why.

Anyway after the 1st round killer that was Jonathan Sullivan we follow it up by drafting

John Stinchcomb or as many of us like to call him (Stinky) in the second round and pass on these guys a couple of picks later:

E.J. Henderson
Ken Hamlin
Osi Umenyura

Seeing a trend yet?

How about 2005?

We take Jammal Brown. Not a bad pick but if you look at the two guys that went ahead of him: Shawne Merriman and DeMarcus Ware it looks like bad luck might also be part of the recipe.

2006

We have Duece. Bush falls in our laps inexplicably and we take him instead of AJ Hawk. Who's to say how this one will turn out in the end but it looks a lot less lopsided now then it did on draft day.

Finally our most recent disaster:

2007

Armed with the most prolific offense in the NFL the Saints pick: Robert Meachum (Still on the team somehow) and pass on Paul Posluzny who goes a couple of picks later.


Here is my point. With a little luck and/or non boneheaded drafting skills here is the list of the Saints Defense as it should be.

Charles Grant
Kevin Williams
Albert Hanyesworth
Will Smith
E.J. Henderson
AJ Hawk
Paul Posluszny

Do you think anyone would fear that front seven? Would it even matter who we had in the secondary with that front seven?

Here's what we have now: No Stallworth, No Sullivan, Stinchcomb sucks, Bush is a glorified third down back, Robert Meachum rides the pine, Jammal Brown is getting his jock beat off, and our entire defense blows.

I will now jump out of my office window.