saintsfan1976

Solid pick IMO. Obviously some here have forgotten how an all day open Vernon Davis and numerous Seattle receivers kept us from superbowls.

Vaccaro > Harper

Mr.Riaton

I really like this pick! He was one of the top three realistic players that I wanted. It addresses a need and he's a hell of a player. I wonder if Sean and Mickey reconsidered taking S. Floyd.....I'm still surprised he made it that far! I remember feeling the same way about Ingram a couple of years back....

SmashMouth

We got the best safety in the draft!!! We need help there. His predecessor at Texas did pretty well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Th...defensive_back)
Earl Thomas, DB for the Seattle Seahawks at NFL.com
We now have a taller more athletic version of him.
Our defense just got better because of him.
And there are NO question marks on his health.

burningmetal

I said that I wouldn't be upset if we picked Vaccaro, and I'm not. Very good pick and glad to have him on board.

I am a little stunned that we passed on Jarvis Jones, but I can't be angry with who we got. If we had passed on Jones AND Vaccaro to select an offensive player, I would have turned off the TV and vowed never to watch the draft again.

hagan714

we will soon find out when goes against the elite NFL TE he will play against this year. i do not buy into it. i just do not see it. he was great trade bait at 15. his addition was good enough to replace addition players trade picks would have brought. if he had batter hands and better tackling skills then sure. I think you could have improved the safety position later, its a deep draft
but .... i am done here gag rule

TheOak

We will trade down they said.
Oak you dont understand the value in the trade down they said.
We want more draft picks they said.

I said after the first round you are drafting projects, not starters.
I said we would draft a shovel ready starter in the first round.

burningmetal

Really, Oak? I'm a little disappointed that you want to take credit for something of which you have no idea the end result. Have you seen how many prospects are still available, who some had going in the first? And until we see how these players' careers work out, how do you know who's going to do what? They're ALL projects, to some degree or another.

I'm glad we got Vaccaro. But for myself, and others who were interested in the idea of trading back, it was all based upon who would still be available. This is not the deepest draft, as far as for what you would consider I guess non "projects", so it begged the question if we wouldn't be better served to get more picks instead having just one total in the first two rounds, if we didn't have first round talent available.

In closing- not so fast, my friend.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

hagan714

get his butt on the field already and lets see what we got.
come on pre season lol

neugey

Who Dat Hook Em Horns \m/ \m/. Welcome Kenny!

papz

We need to remember what Ryan said earlier this off season. We are going to use Harper this year to his strengths. So I'm going to assume here that we're going to blitz and use him closer to the line this season. That makes picking Vaccaro to make even more sense. Being that we don't know what Jenkins we're going to see, having two guys that can supposedly cover and patrol center field much more important. This will allow Ryan to consistently pressure quarterbacks with 6 or 7 guys yet gives us that safety net down field behind them. We're going to see a lot of variations and Vaccaro gives us a lot of flexibility.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

All little common sense goes a long way.