jeanpierre

This year's draft class has shaped up to be one of the best we've ever had despite the loss of the round two pick...

S Kenny Vaccaro (A+), OT Terron Armstead (B), NT John Jenkins (A), WR Kenny Stills (A), DE/LB Rufus Johnson (I)

Really, really solid draft class, solace for the playoff defeat...

SaintsBro

This was truly an amazing draft, and it goes back to my theory about it.... I'm convinced that Payton used the forced year off, to scout almost the whole Saints draft from his couch on Saturdays. You look at this draft, and every single one of those guys, were either playing IN Texas, were in the general area around Texas (Arkansas/Oklahoma), or were playing on national TV that he could watch from his couch in his pajamas (Georgia in the SEC). Tiny Tarleton College in Stephenville was not exactly blowing up anybody's recruiting radar, but I'm betting it would have been in Payton's local cable package!