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Tomorrow should be good.

[Rsanders24]

Originally Posted by QBREES9

Tomorrow should be good.

I hope so....we really have to make this 2nd round pick count....wouldnt be too upset if they traded down now to get an extra pick...

[saintsfan403]

There's a good chance we already have our number 2 corner on the roster, plus there's still guys like Jean-Baptiste available. I think WR was a position that we needed to address and this pick makes a ton of sense. Real excited for the second round.

[TheOak]

Originally Posted by Marlboro Man

Hope so. What time does it start.

6pm Central Time

Cooks is a combination of Sproles and Morgan. Let him grow on you, you'll love him.

We had the #4 defense and an offense that couldn't score when it needed to. This was the right pick.

[jeanpierre]

Originally Posted by WillSaints81

Well one of those receivers was Meachem who was from a small school. They tried to duplicate Colston I think with that and it didnt work. Well actually Meachem has been moved around so much and he was contending with Colston at the beginning of his prime. If Meachem was to be the go-to who knows how he would have played. And I don't remember the other one.

If Tennessee is a small school?!?

Yeah, things due have to fall right as well for a player to be extraordinary...

But if Meachem was as talented as his pick had warranted, he would have overtaken Colston...

Real talent eventually rises to the top in the NFL...

[jeanpierre]

Originally Posted by TheOak

6pm Central Time

Cooks is a combination of Sproles and Morgan. Let him grow on you, you'll love him.

We had the #4 defense and an offense that couldn't score when it needed to. This was the right pick.

Only thing is if/when that player gets hurt, by that rationale and it's legit, we've just lost two guys in one, oh well, part of the game and he's definitely a gamer...

Very special player though his size is of concern and with similar player on roster in Stills...

Have posted that am losing confidence in Brees armstrength ability to get the ball down field to receivers IN STRIDE so we'd be handicapping a new ability...

His height is a big concern for me; thinking Payton sees this rush to geaux to bigger corners and figures we'll geaux the other way so they can't keep up with our quicker, shifty receivers...

Problem is, refs are not going to throw ten (10) pass interferences calls in a game - see both @ Seattle games last season...

Welcome Cooksie, hoping you're ready for the Dome...

[Danno]

Originally Posted by TheOak

6pm Central Time

Cooks is a combination of Sproles and Morgan. Let him grow on you, you'll love him.

We had the #4 defense and an offense that couldn't score when it needed to. This was the right pick.

I think Cooks is a combination of DeSean Jackson/Percy Harvin/Tavon Austin without all of their issues.

I'm not sure about the Sproles comparison.

[K Major]

With the addition of Cooks, I think Toon could be the odd man out. Hopefully he worked hard in his preparation this off season.

[SaintsBro]

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Very special player though his size is of concern and with similar player on roster in Stills...


His height is a big concern for me; thinking Payton sees this rush to geaux to bigger corners and figures we'll geaux the other way so they can't keep up with our quicker, shifty receivers...

Problem is, refs are not going to throw ten (10) pass interferences calls in a game - see both @ Seattle games last season...

I think this is exactly the Payton thinking, I felt it instantly last night like a shiver, the moment the Cooks pick sank in with me. The Saints looked SLOW and OLD on offense last year, in ALL of their bad games.

The way to BEAT SEATTLE is to be FAST, FASTER, and super dynamic and shifty -- they can't hold what they can't grab, they can't interfere with the empty air where a receiver was a split second ago, they can't swarm and blanket us, and contest the ball at both QB and receiver points (like Seattle did) if we're shifty. We can only slow these grab-happy, interfering defenses down, if they don't know where it's going or what's coming next....

This team could take the field right now yesterday without Cooks and be an 10 or 11 or 12 win team easy, at minimum....this guy will help the most against "better" opponents or deep playoff situations, or mark a philosophical return to the wide-open, anything-is-possible, "too many weapons" "who ya gonna stop" Sean Payton offense....

This pick makes TOTAL BRILLIANT SENSE if you look back at the specific "BAD" games that the Saints had last year, including the disappearing Jimmy Graham when the going got tough....this will even help with that. I'm stoked.

[Seer1]

Wait! You're sayin' we were old and slow with Sproles? Oh, yeah, we were!