Cadillac

The Saints 3rd round picks since 2000 (In 1999 they picked Ricky Williams in every round) have been Cie Grant, LeCharles Bentley, Kenny Smith, and Tutan Reyes. The only real difference maker in the group would be Bentley, and I suppose the jury is still out on Cie.

Now here's a hypothetical situation. If the Saints, in the third round, chose Nate Kaeding, a KICKER, would you be upset?

Think about, Kaeding is an 80% kicker in the 50-55 yard range, and can kick 60 yarders with consistency. He is considered the best kicker to enter the draft in years. http://www.draftcrazy.com/prospect/k/natekaeding.html

Think about it some more, while a kicker will never be as important as, let's say, your QB, RB or MLB, more games surely are won or lost by a kicker than by your backup DT (Kenny Smith), backup LB (Cie) or by a tackle who only played in a single game his whole career (Tutan Reyes, http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/187632 ).

Not to mention, Carney is definitely showing his age, it has definitely affected his distance, and after last year is seemingly hurting his accuracy too.

Thoughts?