FinSaint

First of all, the Saints had 4 picks before the trade up and they had 4 picks after the trade up in the 2009 draft, because they exchanged their 7th round pick that year for the NYG 5th round pick. Now, they did give up a 5th round pick in the 2010 draft, but they still ended up with 6 picks that year.

As for the whether I would prefer to have Nicks over Morstead - I won't even answer that 'cos that's naturally a given. Also, he wasn't available in either of the the draft classes of 2009 or 2010, so he couldn't have been drafted instead of Morstead.

The only one who we could really play the what-if game with out of that group of players is Tennant, and I would maybe lean towards Tennant on that one too, but it would not be a "cut and dry" decision for me.

Obviously the Saints wanted Morstead and saw in him something that they felt justified the trade up which they went ahead with, so in that respect I would say that it was worth it. And, furthermore, I don't remember a single time after Morstead became the Saints' punter that I've thought to myself: "if only the Saints had a punter, who would make our ST better."

Being a punter is definitely not as flashy of a position as being a QB, RB or a WR, for example, but you can't play successfully without having a guy making those kicks. The punting game can be that one thing that decides the outcome of a tightly fought game, where field position is ultimately what brings home the W. When a situation like that presents itself, you'll more than likely be happy that the Saints have one of the best punters in the league, and couldn't care less about the backup center.

"I'm not bashing people, I'm bashing their opinions because in my opinion their opinion is wrong" - Danno