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Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 (Post 480955)

1979 has to be the worst draft ever, a P/K in the 1st round. What kind of drugs were they on back then?

Obviously you don't know how important a punter is. /sarcasm

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

I guess not that much since there isn't one in the hall of fame /sarcasm

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 (Post 480958)

I guess not that much since there isn't one in the hall of fame /sarcasm

Combined with the fact that no team every picks one on day 1, or the fact that only 1 or 2 are drafted every year, or the fact that every team that does pick one has extra picks in the draft, or that... aww nevermind.

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

C'mon now. Morestead was one of the shining stars on our defense last year.

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 (Post 480871)

Saints are an offensive football team so of course the scouts would find more talent on that side of the ball and not so much on defense. Look at the Steelers, they have hit on a bunch of defensive players but have struck out on offensive and offensive linemen like its going out of style

QB Ben Roethlisberger, C Maurkice Pouncey, G/T Willie Colon (Hofstra), WR Antonio Brown, WR Mike Wallace, RB Rashard Mendenhall, RT Max Starks - Ragin you;re aching brother, cause the Steelers get it done on both sides of the ball and that's why they get perennial consideration...

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 480875)

I suddenly have a feeling several of you bastads are just jerking my chain. :p

We give as good as we get Bama Lover!

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 480884)

I don't know. Atlanta appears to have just as many misses as we have since 2006.

F*** the Clowns, we know we're better; it's Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Fran that we want comparable drafts...

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 (Post 480923)

Being a scout has to be one of the hardest behind the scene jobs in sports because its a eye lash between being a genius and being unemployed

Bullshinski, take an oath to the constitution, take a weapon, and take a ride over the pond; or watch Mike Rowe - those are hard jobs! Most scouts are hired by nepotistic means and have less ability at assessing football than B&G Members!

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 480937)

I started this thread because someone mentioned how well we drafted in later rounds. I looked and not only was that not true, the list I posted basically exposed our draft success as a myth. We've been pretty bad at it after 2006

Actually, Hagan (sorry Bro, gotta drag you in with me) and I have been banging the drum that Loomis is overrated as a GM and that he either needs to get a talent department to match his salary cap expertise and Sean Payton's Field General Skills or we need to find a new GM cause any bean counter can slot salaries and pick up Mr Benson's Dry Cleaning; because you shouldn't be named Executive of the Year because you drafted Colston in the 7th round when you and every other team passed on him for six-plus rounds!

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 480870)

I think there definitely are certain teams and certain scouts that are better at spotting and drafting talent than others.

I'd love to know which teams draft better than everybody else. Cause this team must be the 20 time SB champs..... The team putting all this NFL talent on the field at seven picks per season should never get beat!!!!!

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Originally Posted by saintfan (Post 480885)

Between 2004-2008:

31.70 is the percentage of drafted players on the roster
19.50 is the percentage of players drafted who are actually starters
7.30 is the percentage of drafted pro bowl players
78.75 is the winning percentage

For which team?

3 in 10 are still on the roster. 2 in 10 actually start.

For a team with a near 80% winning mark over the 4 years in question?

That's Bill Belichik and the New England Patriots.

13 teams managed to keep 50% or more of their drafter players on the roster (maybe many of those rosters sucked). 36.4 was the highest percentage of drafted starters. The rest of the league was below that. Over the 4 years, the Patriots had the highest winning percentage.

For the Saints over the 4 years, 4 in 10 make the roster and 3 in 10 start.

It's a crap shoot Danno - at best an educated gamble. Still a gamble any way you slice it.

Preach!!!

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"Bullshinski, take an oath to the constitution, take a weapon, and take a ride over the pond; or watch Mike Rowe - those are hard jobs! Most scouts are hired by nepotistic means and have less ability at assessing football than B&G Members!"

Pretty sure I said "behind the scene jobs in sports"

How in the world did I ever compare it to any real jobs? I said IN SPORTS

No **** it doesn't compare to serving your country and I wasn't trying to say so

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 (Post 480979)

Oh if you sense any aggression it's not towards you - I've heard some Saints scouts whine and ***** at a Metairie watering hole when every regular at that sports bar had been part of conversations "pre-draft" that would have put the Saints, talent-wise, in the SuperBowl years before that magical run...

Re: Are Loomis /Payton as good as their draft reputation?

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Originally Posted by alleycat_126 (Post 480967)

Alley, I'd put Pittsburgh, Baltimore, NY Giants, San Fran as teams that draft much better than others...